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Canada Plans To Experiment With Giving People Unconditional Free Money
Tech Insider/BI ^ | Chris Weller

Posted on 03/05/2016 7:39:37 AM PST by blam

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LBJ's Great Society is a good example.

People would rather sit on the porch, just above the poverty level, and wait for the government check than work.
(Then, we have to import aliens to do the work that the porch sitters should be doing)

Money For Nothing

1 posted on 03/05/2016 7:39:37 AM PST by blam
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Drugs, booze, lotto tickets.

what could possibly go wrong..?


2 posted on 03/05/2016 7:42:09 AM PST by gaijin
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What,exactly,is “free money”?

It makes to sense-——to me.

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3 posted on 03/05/2016 7:43:17 AM PST by Mears
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I could see Canada trying this folly back when oil was expensive and the money was rolling in. Now not so much.


4 posted on 03/05/2016 7:44:01 AM PST by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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Folks at the Basic Income Canada Network, the national organization promoting basic income, have high hopes.

"We need it rolled out across Canada, and Quebec, too, is in the game," said chair of BICN, Sheila Regehr, in a statement. "So there's no reason why people and governments in other parts of this country need sit on the sidelines – it's time for us all to get to work."


Interesting choice of words.
5 posted on 03/05/2016 7:45:56 AM PST by needmorePaine
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“We work - so they don’t have to”


6 posted on 03/05/2016 7:49:27 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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gimmedat


7 posted on 03/05/2016 7:49:45 AM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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gimmedat


8 posted on 03/05/2016 7:49:46 AM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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What, exactly, is free money?

There is no such thing. Printing money out of scratch devalues every existing version of that same money, thus, it represents stealth robbery of those who have versions of that money within their possession.

9 posted on 03/05/2016 7:49:46 AM PST by Uncle Sham
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send ‘em to- CANADA!!!!


10 posted on 03/05/2016 7:49:54 AM PST by 4buttons
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What,exactly,is “free money”?

It comes from these. There are groves of these in socialist la-la land:


11 posted on 03/05/2016 7:51:25 AM PST by Right Brother
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At what income level do the increased taxes needed to pay for this program exactly balance the “free” money, so you get a check from the government and then mail it right back?


12 posted on 03/05/2016 7:51:34 AM PST by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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Good way to deal with the homeless. Won’t have to feel guilty. No more homeless-right?


13 posted on 03/05/2016 7:52:04 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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That’s when we take your money and give it away freely.


14 posted on 03/05/2016 7:52:47 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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“So there’s no reason why people and governments in other parts of this country need sit on the sidelines – it’s time for us all to get to work.”

That is funny!

Time to get to work really hard at paying people not to work!

I’m sure the irony is lost on these fools.


15 posted on 03/05/2016 7:52:50 AM PST by aquila48
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“free money” equals 1. the dole; 2. other people’s (taxpayers) money; 3. government printed money adding to debt and inflation.


16 posted on 03/05/2016 7:53:50 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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You hear that all you illegal aliens from Mexico? Free money in Ontario! Go! We’ll help you pack! :-)


17 posted on 03/05/2016 7:54:39 AM PST by lowbridge
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There’s an apparent wave of dislocation and unemployment coming due to rapid advancements in robotics, and I suspect that is behind renewed interest in UBI or Universal Basic Income. I’d say it’s coming here eventually, too. There are pitfalls, no doubt. Idle people who are supported regardless of behavior have shown a tendency to become disruptive and destructive.


18 posted on 03/05/2016 7:55:34 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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You could just waste the rest.


19 posted on 03/05/2016 7:55:45 AM PST by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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First, what is free money?

Second, yeah this'll work.

20 posted on 03/05/2016 7:56:21 AM PST by stevem
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