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Chicago Could Soon Become the Largest American City to Give Universal Basic Income a Try
Fortune ^ | 7/18/2018 | Natasha Bach

Posted on 07/18/2018 10:46:31 AM PDT by simpson96

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To: simpson96
Why do they have to give something so obviously dumber than a box of rocks stupid "a try"? Do you have to give getting bitten by a mamba "a try" to know it's going to kill you? Does jumping off the top of the empire state building need to be tried to know that it's a bad idea?

ARE LIBERALS REALLY THIS STUPID or are the ones in charge just cynical enough to promise more free stuff to woo the voters (Democrat) who have an unearned but bone deep sense of entitlement? (I think I know the answer)

41 posted on 07/18/2018 12:01:15 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

That is ok. When the market crashes and their retirement funds go brker than they aleady are (if that is even possible), then the rest of the country will be glad to bail them out and give the freeloaders everything they want.


42 posted on 07/18/2018 12:09:25 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: simpson96

Isn’t Chicago supposed to be broke? Who’s footing the bill for this “free” money? Me?


43 posted on 07/18/2018 12:24:22 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: simpson96

Aside from the name change, why would anyone think this is a new idea? There is no form of welfare that hasn’t been tried. None.


44 posted on 07/18/2018 12:45:01 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: simpson96

Pure idiocy. The countries that had this policy no longer do it because...it costs to much!


45 posted on 07/18/2018 12:49:35 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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UBI makes sense if, and only if, you eliminate the entire welfare infrastructure. No more food stamps, no more SSI, no more welfare, no more subsidized housing, and - most importantly- no more public sector jobs administering those programs at local, state, and federal levels.

It’s actually cheaper for the taxpayer if they eliminate all of the support infrastructure.


46 posted on 07/18/2018 2:37:46 PM PDT by Terabitten (Time for the GOPe to reap the whirlwind.)
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To: simpson96

I could use an extra $500 a month. Send it to me!

Where does it come from, where does it go?

Ain’t nobody knows, it’s the Cotton Eyed Joe!


47 posted on 07/18/2018 3:17:23 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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