[calljack]

200 million people over 18 time 1000 per month.
200 billion per month times 12 months.
1.4 trillion per year.
What could possibly be wrong with that?

[ETCM]

200 million people over 18 time 1000 per month.
200 billion per month times 12 months.
1.4 trillion per year.
What could possibly be wrong with that?

Oh, you think people like YOU are getting this money? Ha ha ha ha! People like you (us) will be PAYING for it! There will be an income test. There will be a intersectional victim-hood test. There will be a social media score test. Just more "redistribution of wealth".

[ctdonath2]

Actually the total $ for UBI is comparable to total welfare spending.
The one argument in favor: if you’re going to give our vast piles of welfare, make it simple with UBI instead of massive gate keeping bureaucracy.

[genghis]

Budget is 4.7 trillion cut out dep of hud ed commerce energy medicaid foodstampts disability cut the 1000 down to 600 and it seems almost plausible and if we cut social security by that much for seniors well almost plausible