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Canada is betting on a universal basic income to help cities gutted by manufacturing job loss
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| 20 February 2017
| Rebecca Fortin
Posted on 02/23/2017 12:41:38 PM PST by Lorianne
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I don't understand how this will work.
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:41:38 PM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
This works great. For the first two months, then they run out of cash.
How utterly stupid.
Staggeringly stupid.
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:43:21 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
To: Lorianne
Rainbows, unicorns, and skittles
To: Lorianne
Whatever cities are chosen will quadruple in population overnight.
To: Lorianne
...to be PAID FOR by .... who???
To: Lorianne; Army Air Corps
Ah, Communism.
Always works a stand in for actual work right?
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:47:18 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
To: Lorianne
Well, they do have to pay for their Crack and Heroin somehow!
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:47:42 PM PST
by
Strac6
("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
To: joethedrummer
...to be PAID FOR by .... who???
By the folks in Alberta who actually PRODUCE WEALTH.
To: Lorianne
Just great. . let's reward the lazy a**es of society. If this is allowed to happen it won't be long until Canada is Venezuela. And no, libs, don't even think about it for America.
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:48:52 PM PST
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
To: Lorianne
Cue Dr. Evil...and the salary will be ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:48:57 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: Lorianne
Believe it or not, there are some conservative/libertarians who have brought up this possiblility. I believe it was Charles Murray, for one. His idea is to replace all welfare system payments with a basic guaranteed income. Would come out cheaper than the current welfare system, plus it would encourage better behavior economically. I would like to see it implemented somewhere else for a while, just to see what happens.
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:50:38 PM PST
by
Paradox
("Donald Trump", the biggest Strawman ever created.)
To: Lorianne
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” - Margaret Thatcher
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:50:52 PM PST
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
These cities will be insisting Cloward-Plivin come to dinner.
To: Lorianne
1) Stay home.
2) Don’t work.
3) Collect cash.
What could go wrong?
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:56:52 PM PST
by
Obadiah
(Democrats continue their crusade against normal.)
To: ConjunctionJunction
“Rainbows, unicorns, and skittles”
Wait a minute! Wait A minute! What happened to the butterflies? Are you a racist? Did you spray all the butterflies with Black Flagg?
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:56:55 PM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Lorianne
It works because everyone gets a government check, and there are no bureaucracies to determine if people are elegible.
Everyone simply gets the same amount no matter what.
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posted on
02/23/2017 12:59:45 PM PST
by
marktwain
(We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
To: Lorianne
Isn’t this really just helicopter money?
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posted on
02/23/2017 1:02:41 PM PST
by
Obadiah
(Democrats continue their crusade against normal.)
To: Obadiah
I can’t see how it can be anything but helicopter money.
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posted on
02/23/2017 1:04:02 PM PST
by
Lorianne
To: GnuThere
And a Big Mac will cost $500.
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posted on
02/23/2017 1:04:46 PM PST
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: Lorianne
> I don't understand how this will work.
They plant money trees...DUH!
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