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Universal Basic Employment program aiming to reduce poverty in Cleveland
Cleveland 19 News ^
| 5/21/24
Posted on 05/25/2024 11:06:18 AM PDT by EBH
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From Universal Basic Income to Universal Basic Employment at $50,000 a year for normally low paying jobs?
Sounds like a great idea on the surface, but 50K to be a barista?
Nope, I don't get it.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:06:18 AM PDT
by
EBH
To: EBH
SOMEbody needs to consult John Smith on where this historically leads.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:14:38 AM PDT
by
Qwapisking
("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
To: EBH
Are there enough taxpayers to support these people ?
To: EBH
Where does the money come from?
- from taxes coerced from people who are working at a normal job without a subsidy.
Will the people at normal jobs feel resentment when they see others getting free money from the government for not doing anything?
- yes, they will feel resentment, but they can’t do anything about it.
What happens when this program is extended to all, as the word “universal” implies?
- money becomes valueless and the economy crashes, causing almost universal misery.
Almost? Who won’t become miserable?
- the ruling elite, which always takes care of itself first, and flings $hit at the working stiffs.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:15:14 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Delusional people should not be allowed to dictate what we say or think.)
To: EBH
It’s communist nonsense. And what’s worse, it’s not even balanced communist nonsense.
Joe gets $50,000 a year for three years. Jim, who lives next door, gets nothing. Zero. Zip.
Joe had better keep his big mouth shut about this. But he probably won’t.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:16:04 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: EBH
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:16:45 AM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: EBH
and you know who the 100 people are
To: EBH
Running a plantation is not cheap.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:23:25 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: EBH
The problem is a ‘work history’ the problem is poor work social skills and weak employment ethics.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:24:23 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Trump's deplorables welcome the Bronx clowns to the family... )
To: Leaning Right
In communist countries “no work, no eat, no free money.”
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:24:51 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: EBH
It won’t end poverty.
Even if the leftist utopia of starting everyone with exactly equal money, income, goods, houses, etc could be realized, within a year, there’d be disparity. The issue is largely money management.
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:37:59 AM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: EBH
$600,000 voted for.
100 people × $50,000/yr × 3 yrs = $15,000,000.
One of the 100 people better be better at math than the politicians that voted this in...
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posted on
05/25/2024 11:48:36 AM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: moovova
The math looks bad, and while the story is not clear, it appears that the subsidies will not be $50,000 per person, but rather the difference between their current income and $50k.
So, the person making $40,000 will get $10k.
To: moovova
I see you didn’t get the memo.
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posted on
05/25/2024 12:02:34 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: EBH
When I was going through school there was an axiom intended to convince us to take our schooling seriously. It was “play now, pay later; pay now, play later.” Unfortunately our socialist leaning government has turned that on its head to now it is “play now, play later; pay now, pay later.”
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posted on
05/25/2024 12:06:01 PM PDT
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
To: EBH
Will there be any looting?
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posted on
05/25/2024 12:16:54 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Round Earther
The program will give 100 people in one of Cleveland’s neighborhoods a wage subsidy or guaranteed salary of $50,000 a year for three years. the city council voted to invest $600,000 into the pilot.
Putting those together, the average is $2,000 per person per year, if my math is correct.
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posted on
05/25/2024 12:29:21 PM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: EBH
Correction: The problem isn't a ‘work history’ the problem is poor work social skills and weak employment ethics. In short - teach 'work ethic' before handing out jobs to people will fail one more time....
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posted on
05/25/2024 12:38:39 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Trump's deplorables welcome the Bronx clowns to the family... )
To: Round Earther
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posted on
05/25/2024 12:52:20 PM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: FoxInSocks
I’m thinking there will be a catalog with 100 jobs. Only 12 will actually get filled. The other 88 — people will interview for them but the jobs never actually get filled.
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