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)
Canada is going to need its own wall.
Some form of this was advocated long ago by Milton Friedman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_income_tax
I don’t think it’s a particularly good idea, but the idea of a flat tax combined with it is at least a little bit interesting.
Past experiments don’t appear to have worked out well, since it reduces the incentive to work.
Does anyone see the irony that those who want to give away free money talking about “it’s time to get to work.” ??
Western society is truly in it’s last death gasp!
rewarding non achievers and parasites by using force to enslave and punish the producers and achievers
We should support Canada in this endeavor!
I’m stone serious.
Not only would immigrants flock there, but sooner or later, a lot of American socialist and liberal trash would outflow
Win win!
It’s silly to think that the market won’t respond to all this free money for “basic subsistence”.
Rents will rise to reflect the rise in available money to pay rent, along with everything else.
They will have to institute wage and price controls at the same time.
Well known social scientist and author Charles Murray argues for a stipend IN PLACE of all other welfare, social programs, at a level that meets basic subsistence living and eating.
He was co-author of “The Bell Curve,” among other well known works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Murray_(political_scientist)
My idea: negative interest rates for loans.
That’s ‘free money’ for investing and building things instead of for buying booze and drugs.
Of course banks and people prefer the latter.
As Mitt pointed out, they already don't care about our votes in the US, but at least there remains an opposition here.
Tell the Mexicans. Put up signs on the border of the US/Mexico pointing the way to Canada.
A current example of the outcome of this sort of thing are indian reservations that have casinos on them, where people living on the reservation get a portion of that gaming income. From what I see when I drive through those places, it appears that there’s even less incentive for the recipients of those funds to work or better their lives, but instead, more time to feed addictions, and more discarded appliances and dead vehicles in their yards.
I wonder what the differences are between basic income and slavery. One obvious difference is that slaves were required to work and those receiving basic income can work or not, as they wish. That ought to be pretty good, right? I believe that those getting basic income checks who are not self motivated to have a purpose in life will end up much worse than any other human situation, including slavery.
They will essentially be the slaves of the state and will live their lives in a perpetual state of spoiled children free to do whatever they want without any responsibility for themselves or for anyone. We might as well put up a big fence around them, invite working people to come and watch them at feeding time, train some to do little tricks, and let children pet them. It will be a hell on earth.
Upside: mass migration of undesirables north. Downside: we gotta build another wall when they are desperate to leave.
Oh, the irony.
Luckily Sheila has enough money to pay for this herself.
Ripped from next year’s headlines: “Prices skyrocket unexpectedly; politicians rally to increase free money in reponse”
When will these idiots learn that NOTHING is free?