I’m not against UBI as long as it’s a substitute for the majority of our current welfare system.
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I’m not against UBI as long as it’s a substitute for the majority of our current welfare system.
sturg33
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Why is UBI more preferable than lower taxes?
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I mean that's the goal.
You’d have to lay out a plan which shows me that the majority of the country gets a similar benefit.
As you know my economic views have changed considerably the past few years. I think the underlying issue is the multi national corporation. While they still exist in their dominant form I’ll support measures to find a way to ensure that wealth is not consolidating further.
But I’d have UBI replace welfare so I’m not sure how much extra to the budget it would cause.
I’m for that goal.
The multi national corporation along with the recent M&A splurge the last decade has caused such a consolidation of the ‘surplus’ nsacpi discussed that it’s causing instability. Fixing that instability is more important than the chamber of commerce crying about end stage capitalism.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
It isn't as simple as you think. The mix between wages and profits in the U.S. economy changes quite a bit over time. And within the same firm, there is always this annual process for determining who gets what. When I worked in banking I always took the day bonuses were announced off because I thought there was a fair chance some sort of violence would erupt.
Tapate50
Well-known member
Lol.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
I'm not kidding. I had a chat about this with my boss once. And his eyes narrowed. And he started talking about this one guy who really scared him and he hated having the bonus conversation with. People on Wall Street make ridiculous amounts of money. But it is never enough.
sturg33
I
alternatively, the government decided those workers were the ones they were most comfortable with dying from the scary virus
pretty elitist of them, if you ask me
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
Nice flashback to when the banks got bailed out post-crash and paid bonuses with the money. Meanwhile we’re pissing and moaning about a UI bump during a pandemic.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
I mean, not wrong.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Heads I win. Tails you lose. That's Wall Street for you.
Makes you question the party they send the majority of their political contributions to...
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
It certainly does. And the one who reliably delivers their policy agenda, no less under Trump than any other time.
Not sure if you’ve missed it but the old republican guard is gone.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Looks like McConnell and McCarthy didn't get the memo. They are still out there drawing "red lines" against any increase in corporate taxes.
tululush
New member
Lol keep being triggered. Your posts clearly paint the level of desperation and angst you exhibit.
It’s the top of the third inning. You know where this is going.
McCann'sCans
Gwinnett Bound
At this point would it be that surprising to see both McConnell and McCarthy get primaried with Trump support? He is already calling McConnell gutless and clueless, and now McCarthy- after pretty harshly decrying Trump after Jan 6- has come out and said no one is questioning the validity of the election, which we know won't sit well.