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snooper2

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7. interesting, so what is enough income where people won't need the basic assistance?

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 03:35 PM

Oct 2017

Give some numbers...

Say one makes 60K a year, can afford a decent $125,000 house, in Texas at least. Has enough for one beater car and one car payment. Has two kids and a spouse that doesn't work.
Is that okay?

So what if a person make 26K a year, can't do much with that. Do they get the free house and food and health care and utilities (which I assume includes cable, that is a basic right). They quit the 26K a year job. Who is going to do that job? Are all jobs now having to start at 40K a year, 60K? That is a minimum wage of $20 an hour FYI.

Math works- show us some!

FYI-
First guaranteed debt free payment free homes - LOL

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A Basic Standard of Living. [View all] WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 OP

This thing we call "economic productivity..." hunter Oct 2017 #1

We need to be talking of ways to end WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #5

Yes. There are more than enough resources on this planet to take care of all. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #2

Exactly WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #6

Yes they are rich because of us. And they learned to rig the game Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #11

LOL- This again snooper2 Oct 2017 #3

But you wont need 30k a year WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #4

interesting, so what is enough income where people won't need the basic assistance? snooper2 Oct 2017 #7

Well there would be no house payments WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #8

I'm curious... how do you think our ancestors survived without money? hunter Oct 2017 #9

Our TV is a movie player. That's all it does. No broadcast, cable, or satellite. hunter Oct 2017 #15

"Obviously people that are making enough income wont need the basic assistance." WillowTree Oct 2017 #12

Are you saying current assistance programs WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #16

Everything is free! MichMan Oct 2017 #10

"Work ethics" are destroying the earth's natural environment. hunter Oct 2017 #13

That is how the wealthy live now. WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #14

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you weren't an Econ major. WillowTree Oct 2017 #17

Economics is a farse WinstonSmith00 Oct 2017 #18