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Phoenix to test Andrew Yang's universal basic income idea in new federally funded pilot
Lottery-based pilot will give Phoenix families $1,000 in taxpayer funding a month in 2022.
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| By The Center Square Staff By Cole Lauterbach Updated: September 23, 2021 - 11:02pm
Posted on 09/24/2021 7:09:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
The city would load money onto a debit card that wouldn’t allow the purchase of a list of forbidden items like alcohol and tobacco. So you can't abuse these ebt cards, like buying $100 of ground beef for the local restaurant you work at for %80 cash in return?
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:13:34 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: Red Badger
I first read about UBI in 1974, a piece of sci-fi called the Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I’m surprised it took this long to become reality.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:13:59 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
To: The Louiswu
That’s a great novel—one of my favorites.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:16:17 AM PDT
by
dinodino
( )
To: Red Badger
The left is testing how much ransom needs to be paid to insure compliance when they declare totalitarian control over everything.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:17:54 AM PDT
by
Track9
(Liberalism is a far worse virus. )
To: Red Badger
...aaaaand the cost of living goes up $1000 a month. 😜
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:19:28 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
To: Red Badger
Wait until Communism actually arrives and the guns come out to demand of these same people Universal Basic Productivity.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:19:48 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: Red Badger
"... the funds would be limited toward “basic household necessities” such as housing, childcare, food and other staples. The city would load money onto a debit card that wouldn’t allow the purchase of a list of forbidden items like alcohol and tobacco."Do the people proposing this idiocy actually BELIEVE that money isn't fungible? Do they believe that poor people are so stupid that they won't figure out how to use the free money for allowed food and the money freed up to buy beer, smokes, and Scratcher tix?
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:20:33 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
To: 1Old Pro
Oh, no. That’s a strictly forbidden activity. They wouldn’t DARE do something forbidden by the bureaucrats. Nosirreee.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:21:34 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Pint of milk = pint of malt liquor.....................
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:31:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
why do I have to pay for it??
if AZ wants to pizz away money let-em use STATE funds...
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:32:38 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: Red Badger
The city of Chicago is considering a similar program. Of course it is.
The name of Yang's new political party, "he Forward Party", is straight out of the communist playbook. (See Chicago, Obama, etc.)
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:33:17 AM PDT
by
frog in a pot
(Helping a tyrant's nation prosper can only make sense after the tyrant is removed. (See Afghanistan))
To: Red Badger
They never give up. The public is too stupid to ask where the money comes from, and so this idea becomes acceptable.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:33:40 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Dethrone the ruling elite. Redistribute their wealth. Take away their power. Annul their privileges.)
To: Red Badger
“Federally funded”
Let’s take some money from Missouri and pay our people in Arizona!
What a great idea!
Except for the people in Missouri.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:35:35 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: frog in a pot
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:36:12 AM PDT
by
frog in a pot
(Helping a tyrant's nation prosper can only make sense after the tyrant is removed. (See Afghanistan))
To: Red Badger
federally funded
So there will be a lucky few. What about the equal protection? Anyone want to bet the majority will be illegal aliens?
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:37:12 AM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(2020: The year of unreported truths. )
To: Red Badger
The program is paid for by the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The city received $196 million this year and will receive another $196 million next year.
Easy money looking for a place to land,
not a good idea looking for money.
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:39:24 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: I want the USA back
"The public is too stupid to ask where the money comes from..."Yep. Let's set the time machine to those wonderful days of yore, March 2013:
Reporter: Why are you here?
Woman #1: To get some money.
Reporter: What kind of money?
Woman #1: Obama money.
Reporter: Where's it coming from?
Woman #1:: Obama.
Reporter: And where did Obama get it?
Woman #1: I don't know, his stash. I don't know. [laughter] I don't know where he got it from, but he givin' it to us, to help us.
Woman #2: And we love him.
Woman #1: We love him. That's why we voted for him!
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:41:40 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
To: JoSixChip
Biden Bucks!......................
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:41:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Andy should take in a family and finance them himself.
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:09:09 AM PDT
by
bgill
(Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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