Good point. To a leftist, government is all about getting free stuff.
Why do you people entertain that bullshit narrative? What free shit?
What free shit? Free healthcare coverage, free food, free housing, free daycare centers, free cell phones, and now the Democrat runners for President want even more free shit like free college and free healthcare for every single American and illegal in this country.
I think I recall one or two continuing to push for UBI. Was it Andrew Yang?
Yeah, though, pretty much the entire "leftist" platform is stealing more property from people and giving it to others. Hilariously, the Economic Calculation Problem means that they're giving out less than they stole.
Well that's one issue I think needs some serious consideration IF UBI replaces all social programs. I think I could be more willing to accept that.
Why settle for some theft/extortion when you can opt for none? The Mafia can't steal from you if you work around it.
That's the problem, we can't opt for none. It was here yesterday, it's here today, and will be here tomorrow.
I believe it was an article about Switzerland that got my attention. They had a vote on UI which failed, but I liked the theory behind it.
What they found is that by having UI for everybody and eliminating all government programs, it would actually save the country money. In American dollars, it was something like 18 or 20K a year. And then I got to thinking about it.
How many social problems would something like that solve? I say at least 80% of them.
Take healthcare for instance. Currently we have a real problem with healthcare because of the expense. If we instituted UI, everybody would be able to afford it. Okay, but what if you have insurance for your job? Well how about college for your kids; anther huge expense. If you are working and got UI, you could easily afford college for your children, because they would be adults by the time they went to college, and be part of the UI program as well.
HUD is a real problem and here's why: Our government thinks that if you mix lowlifes into middle-class and sometimes upper-middle-class communities, you can turn lowlifes into productive citizens. It doesn't work that way and never will. All you really do is destroy once nice and safe communities. If lower income people got this UI, they would not be able to afford homes in those areas and have children (another problem). They would have to make a choice between the two.
The way our welfare system currently works, you are penalized for trying to get out of them. If you make over X amount of money, they deduct that from your food stamps, HUD subsidy, and even your child care vouchers. With UI, nobody would get penalized, and it would do the exact opposite of what it's doing today which is discouraging people to work.
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. And you would find very few instances where UI would not be a better system than we currently have. In short, it would solve a lot of problems many of us have, save the country money, and promote responsibility instead of promoting irresponsibility as we are today.
