Posted on 11/26/2020 5:34:46 PM PST by marshmallow
Catholic economist slams idea as 'radical innovation in Church teaching'
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is calling for a universal basic income (UBI) — a proposal denounced by a top Catholic economist as "a radical innovation in Catholic teaching without any obvious roots."
In an extended interview barely mentioning persecuted Uighurs, Rohingya and Yazidi peoples, the pontiff attacks populist leaders and coronavirus lockdown demonstrators while voicing his support for George Floyd Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests.
Francis' controversial reflections, published in a new book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, records exchanges between the pope and his hagiographer Austen Ivereigh.
The 150-page book, to be published Dec. 1, closes with Francis pushing UBI in a post-Wuhan pandemic world as the means to a more equitable economy.
"I believe it is time to explore concepts like the universal basic income (UBI), also known as 'the negative income tax': an unconditional flat payment to all citizens, which could be dispersed through the tax system," Francis asserts.
Francis urges governments to hand out "an unconditional lump-sum payment to all citizens, which could be paid through the tax system" while criticizing "the false assumption of the infamous trickle-down theory that a growing economy will make us all richer."
"Universal basic income could reshape labor market relations by guaranteeing people the dignity to refuse employment conditions that lock them into poverty," the pope insists.
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Vatican checks? Didn’t think so.
Let him write the checks. Fraking marxist.
And so we return to the death of Rome. Bread and Circuses
Does this insanity have an expiration date? As a Catholic, I detest this fraud
Is this guy for real? I thought (apparently erroneously) that a Pope was supposed to make religious rulings and be a theologian, not a commie. I never hear anything about him except connected to social justice, environmental, or other libbie stuff.
The Pope’s a commie like most South American Catholic clergy.
If it is actual printed notes, we will have some TP, anyway.
How much of his shit is he going to sell to pay for that?
And when that runs out, what is he gonna do?
He should focus on cleaning up his act before telling anyone else what they should be doing. I really don’t like this guy.
Yes, start in china
Why is The Pope constantly beating this (UBI) drum?
He must have some skin in the game.
I never expected to use that term about a Pontiff, but here we are.
Give up your hard-earned/ /s riches, Francis.
If everyone has money then they can guve it to the church.
Pretty easy math.
Yep. Good old linear math.
Silly me. I thought maybe Francis was concerned with his flock having all their material needs fully met.
He thinks we can all make a living doing each other’s laundry.
Funny, my Bible says “if a man will not work, neither shall he eat.” I wonder what Bible the Pope reads...
One more step toward Marxist paradise on earth, to the exclusion of God Almighty and the cancellation of Jesus Christ as the Savior.
If he thinks the Church should supply their material needs, the Vatican has a lot of treasure - he can start with that. But nowhere in the Bible does it give government the responsibility of meeting e everyone’s material needs...
Let me know when the Vatican starts selling all its bling to support deadbeats and freeloaders. Because their money is the only money that they have a right to spend.
He can write my first monthly check for $100,000 any time.
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