[HotHunt]

".... Like many Midwestern workers I know, my dad has more in common ideologically with New York’s Democratic Socialist congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than with the white Republicans who run our state. Having spent most of his life doing dangerous, underpaid work without health insurance, he supports the ideas of single-payer health care and a universal basic income...."

Who is this guy kidding? Where does he live where he knows "many midwestern workers" who want to live like Venezuelans do now under Maduro. Starving with no water or toilet paper. Venezuelans may have free health care but the health care itself is non-existent.

What country offers a universal basic income? None that I know of. It means I work hard for my paycheck and then give half of it to the government so they can redistribute it to some lazy ass who doesn't want to work. Then we both have the same low income, except that I worked for mine and they didn't. How long to you think that situation would last? It wouldn't.

Just another New York Times liberal trying to convince people that the midwest is full of people who want to live like the downtrodden casualties of socialism and communism. Such a place does not exist. He's lying.

[NEMDF]

Looks like the author is a female, Sarah Smarsh. Just looked up a little about her. It looks like she’s from Kansas. Seems her dad’s employer wouldn’t give him the day off to attend a Sanders event with that Ocasio-Cortez in Kansas, wanted him to work that day instead.

So they are true victims of capitalism, they think. Maybe her dad should get a different job or move to another country.

[scottiemom]

"universal basic income"...

I'm wondering just exactly what "basic income" looks like?

[arthurus]

some lazy ass who doesn't want to work.

Is not "they" unless he is truly schizophrenic.