[Hemingway's Ghost]

It wasn’t an experiment in communalism it was an experiment in basic income support.

"Basic income support" is communism. Where the hell do you think the money comes from to provide that basic income support UNLESS you take from those who "have" and give to those in "need"? In your world, does money grow on trees?

"Basic income support" is anathema to those who hold anything but progressive political principles. And I'm saying that as a libertarian . . . someone who somebody like Responsibility2nd detests.

Honestly, dude, that dog don't hunt. Don't try to pass it off here as an idea worthy of consideration.

[expat2]

The fact is that we are supporting these people already (Obamaphones, Welfare, Food Stamps, SS Disability, etc.), and doing it very inefficiently with hundreds of different programs which require many thousands of extra bureaucrats.

It would make a lot of sense to integrate all that into a single program that would be much more efficient, and could be much more transparent regarding exactly how much we are spending.

[ksen]

Basic Income Support is not communism. Stop being ridiculous.