Dave Chappelle covered this in 2003.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnffskKI_IA
Full title:
Everyone’s Talking About This Simple Solution To Ending Poverty By Just Giving People Free Money
Well, using the salaries and bene’s associated with the go’vt employees associated with “administration” of all the programs could go a long way to covering the cash flow.
It is ridiculous to think that this would work.
Its called getting an allowance from your grandchildren.
They have to steal it from someone first in order to do whatever kind of stupid B.S. they want to do with it.
and once every single American gets a check from the government, you can say goodbye to any Republican votes until the whole Ponzi scheme collapses.
How many Americans would work if they get free money?
If Americans stopped working, where would the taxes come from to pay out these checks?
Its basically what the USA does already.
Better yet, just declare the leaves on the trees to be legal tender. That way there would be plenty for everybody, and think of all the money it would save on printing costs.
Didn’t OPRAH try this.....it did NOT turn out so well.
Question 1: uh, where does the money come from?
Question 2: where will the money come from once the people that were paying the checks get on the same program?
Waiting for your answer, 0...
My extended family is begging for food after Typhoon Haiyan and these WORTHLESS scumbag leftists demand more or my money. I will flee the country before I give them anymore. To hell with them!
ping
—anybody around here old enough to remember Nixon’s “negative income tax”??
—it was aimed at getting rid of “social workers”—a laudable ambition , IMHO—
I guess no one studies economics any more.
As Margaret Thatcher once pointed out, eventually the money runs out. You have to look at both action and consequence. With free money, less people will work. The less who work, the harder it is to come up with free money. Eventually you’re right back to the start but with a lot more poor people.
Hey, here’s a crazy idea...how about we just create a more business-friendly enviornment so that more people will get hired? That means less taxes and less restrictions. What do you say liberals? Nah.
They must get their economic lessons from the A rabs. They send a check to each adult male once they turn 21. A one time good deal though.
The 1% will pay for it!!
or we could just include government assistance in the calculation of poverty statistics and end 99% of poverty tomorrow.