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A Florida man will be the first in the US to get paid $1,250 per month for doing absolutely nothing
busunessinsider.com ^
| June 6, 2016
| Chris Weller
Posted on 06/06/2016 12:14:45 PM PDT by PROCON
For the next 12 months, a man from Sarasota, Florida will receive $1,250 a month for doing absolutely nothing, and the people footing the bill couldn't be happier about it.
The recipient, a man named Edwin who declined to speak to the press, won the $15,000 in a raffle held in San Francisco on May 31. The giveaway was organized by the nonprofit advocacy group My Basic Income, which wants to set up a slew of lotteries to see how basic income might work around the world.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: fairtax; flattax; government; incomeinequality; lottery; miltonfriedman; minimumwage; negativeincometax; obamarecession; obamataxhikes; taxcuts; taxreform; ubi; universalbasicincome
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The first in the U.S.? I think not taking gubmint welfare into consideration.
Whether you're a doctor or a janitor, you'd receive the same predetermined amount of money each month, all of it funded by taxes.
Utopian, unicorn and rainbows Socialism, what could go wrong?!
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:14:45 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
Looks to me like a test case for helicopter money.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:16:52 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: PROCON
Within a week, he will be complaining that it isn’t enough money to survive.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:17:37 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: PROCON
I am pretty sure that he is not the first. There are many thousands of government employees, being paid much more than $1,250 per month, for doing absolutely nothing.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:17:40 PM PDT
by
NEMDF
To: PROCON
My wife grew up in the former USSR.Don’t get her started with a question like that
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:18:08 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: PROCON
He may not be the first to get money, but there is one subtle string attached to it; the same string attached to the welfare money. It’s not for “absolutely nothing,” as something is expected of them.
They are expected to vote, and vote a certain way.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:18:12 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Don't listen to what people say, watch what they do.)
To: PROCON
If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I’m self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:18:17 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: PROCON
“to see how basic income might work around the world.”
sorry, but this is not the same as the “guaranteed basic income.”
This is a lottery.
There is no comparison.
Anyone who thinks this is a valid test to prove that the real thing will work, is an a$$hole.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:18:41 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: PROCON
The first in the U.S.? I think not taking gubmint welfare into consideration.Not to mention the thousands of fat people collecting SS Disability just because they're fat.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:19:13 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: PROCON
Not “basic income” as colloquially understood unless the money supplied was taken (vs given).
I’m all for you running a charity as you see fit, so long as participation is voluntary.
Taking money via police-backed taxation from the unwilling isn’t charity, and neither is giving that money to the idle able-bodied.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:19:40 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
To: PROCON
Quick!
Everyone jump in the wagon.
Cuz you do not wanna be the last poor schlub pushing.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:20:25 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(Please dont feed the liberals)
To: PROCON
I think they tried to pass this craziness in Sweden and it failed.
To: PROCON
Just wait until he has to pay taxes on that $15k...
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:24:55 PM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: PROCON
I’m sure the IRS will be all over him.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:25:39 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: PROCON
“will be the first in the US to get paid $1,250 per month for doing absolutely nothing”
Really? He’s about the 500 millionth.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:26:04 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: PROCON
Utopian, unicorn and rainbows Socialism, what could go wrong?!
This is not socialism. Not even close. Socialism involves the public ownership of the means of production. This has absolutely nothing to do with who owns the means of production.
In fact, this really isn't a left-wing idea at all, having been advocated by many conservative economists for a long time -- as long as certain conditions are met (the simultaneous elimination of all other forms of welfare and transfer payments; the lack of an accompanying bureaucracy; a fixed pool of money out of which the transfer occurs without prejudice or means testing; a fixed pool of money not subject to majority-vote increase; etc.).
It is a sad state of affairs that "conservatives" ridicule this idea, when they should be championing it as a better approach to all forms of public assistance. Because "conservatives" simply sit on the sidelines and ridicule, this idea which holds promise will be implemented by the left, who will turn it into a nightmare.
To: PROCON
We already know how “basic” income works. Go to any section 8 housing project. Pruitt Igoe comes to mind.
To: PROCON
What’s to stop them from secretly working extra for cash? This is not the scientific method.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:28:57 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: PROCON
...and the concept is gaining traction around the globe. No, it isn't. It just flopped in Switzerland.
To: jjsheridan5
Be that as it may, it’s a fool-hardy idea which should be thrown on the garbage heap along with the many other failed Utopian fantasies.
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posted on
06/06/2016 12:30:15 PM PDT
by
PROCON
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