Posted on 04/24/2018 4:12:26 PM PDT by blam
Reparations, Income Handouts, Guaranteed Jobs: Dems Tilt Hard Left With New Pet Projects
It failed because there were enough sensible people in Finland to see that it would have been a disaster to apply this madness to the entire population.
It is “guaranteed universal income” - free money to all. Anyone with any sense in their head can see that it would immediately start an inflationary spiral, with no end, and no way out of it. Plus it would attract all the lazy slobs who would gladly take the money without working.
I wish nothing but a life of misery for all those who seriously proposed this.
#17 I have a relative on SSI who feeds wild animals like ducks and geese etc and always runs out of money every month as they spend hundreds on them. They do not save a dime for a rainy day.
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