Posted on 03/28/2018 6:17:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Those who support the idea of a universal basic income are “class clueless,” former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday.
Universal basic income, a program that would guarantee a minimum income for all Americans, has been gaining popularity as job displacement due to advances in technology continue. A recent Gallup poll found 48 percent of Americans support a universal basic income for workers who are replaced by artificial intelligence.
But Biden, who is rumored to be eyeing a presidential run in 2020, said he does not believe that’s the way “America is built.” Instead, it’s a concept created by Silicon Valley executives who are missing the point, he said on Crooked Media’s Pod Save America, which is hosted by former Obama staffers.
“Every time someone would lose a job, my dad would say, ‘You know, Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about dignity, it’s about respect.’ It’s about your place in the community. It’s about being able to look your kid in the eye and saying, ‘Honey, it’s going to be OK.’ That’s what it’s about. Dignity,” he said. “Getting an annual wage, you sit home and do nothing. You strip people of their dignity.” …
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“I’ve been in a lot of locker rooms, you know...I’ve been around”—Slow Joe
Walks back his talk on Trump and now this. That pedo thingy must be hitting the fan.
After this little lecture, does Slow-Joe’s son think the multi-million dollar job he land in China ‘just a paycheck’ or a job?
Blind pig...
Acorn...
Slo Joe ask the Indians at Duncan Donuts what they think ......
Ever had one, Joe? A job that is.
Glory hole Joe.
No, but he’s always had more than basic income.
Good. He just lost all of Bernie’s Marxist Army.
The only way scumbag leftist Rats can possibly be elected is by pretending to be moderates. Like Crazy Uncle Joe, they have to lie about who they are, otherwise they have no chance of winning elections.
“Joe Biden Slams Universal Basic Income: ‘A job Is About a Lot More Than a Paycheck’
What would this schmendrick know about a job?
So says the idiot who never held a straight job his entire adult life earning government universal taxpayer income and other sleazy perks.
My thoughts exactly!
Sounds racist.
So says the government parasite.
I started working when I was 15 and worked EVERY DAY of my life until I was 67. I’ve been retired for a year and a half. The hardest thing for me to get used to is NOT waking up and going to work. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t let the wife and family members talk me into retiring.
Wow....an idea so stump even Joe Biden thinks it dumb...
Make that stupid not stump
Biden: “A job is flying around the world on tax payer dollars, groping women, saying the first dumb thing that comes to you and getting paid big bucks for doing it”
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