Posted on 05/02/2018 11:03:37 AM PDT by EagleUSA
The notion of a “job guarantee” in America, once appropriately seen as a fringe idea lacking credibility, is growing in popularity among the Democratic Party.
Last week, the Washington Post reported that Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is crafting a proposal in which the federal government would guarantee a job that pays $15 an hour plus health insurance to any American “who wants or needs one.”
The plan, which Sanders hasn’t figured out how to fund yet, would call for the creation of hundreds of government projects throughout the country in fields ranging from infrastructure to caregiving in order to be able to guarantee a job to all American workers.
Two potential 2020 presidential candidates, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, have lent their support to the idea, with the latter proposing a pilot program in 15 localities to see if the scheme can work.
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Venezuela North???
How long until citizens are required to have a (govt.) job?
Regards,
Of course it doesn’t add up - it never does. But socialists promote their schemes anyway.
Finnish Failure: Guaranteed Basic Income Punishes Work, Subsidizes Sloth
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States."Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
"The smart crooks long ago figured out that getting themselves elected to federal office to make unconstitutional tax laws to fill their pockets is a much easier way to make a living than robbing banks." —me
"Federal career lawmakers probably laugh all the way to the bank to deposit bribes for putting loopholes for the rich and corporations in tax appropriations laws, Congress actually not having the express constitutional authority to make most appropriations laws where domestic policy is concerned. Such laws are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues." —me
Patriots need to work with their state lawmakers to support Pres. Trump in leading the states to repeal the 16th and ill-conceived 17th Amendments.
When I take 15 and hour a multiply by 2000 hours a year and multiply by 300 million people, I get a cost of 9 trillion dollars.
All he needs now is a Cadillac convertible, a cigarette holder and leg-braces.
But....think of the revenue from the income taxes (@90%). That’s how the Russkies financed it.
Socialist schemes NEVER ADD UP.
That’s why they don’t want people to learn math....................
$31,000 for a 5 day work week + insurance
brings it to about 40k. How the hell will this be paid for? Wealth sharing, of course.
Maybe he wants to start a university and let his wife run it . . .
People with no skills making $15.00 / hr can't contribute to the improvement of infrastructure. All they know how to do is show up late for work, go to lunch and not com back until the next day(late of course).
As far as care-giving is concerned, I would not trust these folks with a goldfish.
What ever happened to that case?
“...The plan, which Sanders hasn’t figured out how to fund yet...”
The fundamental problem with socialism.
Yet I will not be at all surprised when this country actually tries it.
“You can always count on the American People to do the right thing. Once they have exhausted all of the alternatives.”
-Winston Churchill
C’mon Burn-knee, you can do better than that! Fifteen dollars an hour? Jeez- whizz, at least you could make it $50/hour!
I’m sure that Bill (MicroSuck) Gates, Jeff Beelzebub, Suckerbug and Schwartz Gyorgy will all be more than happy to sell all of their assets to help achieve such a goal!
...or not...
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And no, Sweden is moving away from most of their give away stuff... doesn’t work as well in multicultural settings.
If he had a brain in his head, he’d be going after Hillary for what she did to him in the election.... not wasting his time with this s%$t
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