It's actually a very simple idea: Everyone in society receives a single basic income to provide for a comfortable living whether they choose to work or not.
Sweet! What could possibly go wrong with that?
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To: Malone LaVeigh
Those who design and build the robots might not like the idea...
56 posted on
11/01/2014 8:42:12 AM PDT by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Malone LaVeigh
Tried many times, it is called socialism. It never worked and never will.
57 posted on
11/01/2014 8:47:14 AM PDT by
amnestynone
(A big government conservative is just a corporatist who is not paying enough taxes.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
Silly. Just tax the robots.
58 posted on
11/01/2014 9:16:25 AM PDT by
amihow
To: Malone LaVeigh
59 posted on
11/01/2014 9:28:18 AM PDT by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
This whole idea of a “basic income” for everyone is completely insane. Wouldn’t it be better to just give each person in the U.S. a trillion dollar coin? Then everyone would be RICH and not have to exist at just a subsistence level. Furthermore, everyone could buy anything they wanted and no one would ever have to work again.
The coins could be made from a base metal, so they would be cheap to make, and a few extra ones could be minted for the government itself, so taxes could be completely eliminated and yet government could still function. It’s such an elegant solution I don’t know why it hasn’t been implemented yet.
For myself, I’m going to start by buying a pony and the Broncos NFL football team. And I won’t even need pony food stamps to feed my pony because I’ll be so rich.
62 posted on
11/01/2014 10:24:29 AM PDT by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Malone LaVeigh
Bad idea! Who decides what is a comfortable living? We have seen the problems that came with welfare handouts. Money supposedly meant for basic needs was and is used for $200 sneakers, HD TVs, expensive sports clothing, luxury car accessories, liquor, drugs and etc. And the poor on welfare complain that what they receive is not enough to live on. Their sense of a comfortable living is to take increasingly more funds and spend it on luxury items, and not basic staples of life.
A single basic income will be wasted, and the poor will demand more. Additionally, they will covet what others possess and steal from others. The government may possibly then limit amounts of possessions that people can have, in effect institutionalizing socialism/communism. No good can come from such a moronic idea as universal basic income.
66 posted on
11/01/2014 12:17:17 PM PDT by
roadcat
To: Malone LaVeigh
Imagine a world in which people like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Wilbur Wright, etc., never had to work!
Just sit back and collect an easy paycheck!
To: Malone LaVeigh
71 posted on
11/01/2014 1:13:33 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Malone LaVeigh
73 posted on
11/01/2014 3:18:35 PM PDT by
tinyowl
(A equals A)
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