Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty leftist but I can’t see these ideas being good.
It was introduced by the Squad who can’t get any laws passed - not to worry it’s going nowhere.
They need to focus on actionable things like Medicare For All or expanded ACA.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How about we just extend unemployment?
If your goal is to give more people a minimum income, including people who work at low paying jobs, this will reach more people. If that’s not your goal, then make unemployment more beneficial than working low paying jobs. I guess it’s depends on what your goal is, and if you want to help people who work low paying jobs make ends meet without having to do something drastic like stay home and take advantage of the meager options available, because it pays better than minimum wage after childcare and work/commute related expenses.
My goal is to help the people that most need it - the ones without income or jobs in a pandemic. Not the family’s making up to $150K a year with just two kids in a already LCOL area.
The pandemic has been here for a year and a half.
There are 9 million vacant jobs.
Instead of waiting for your elevator button pushing job to come back, time to look for a new job.
Anonymous wrote:Such stupidity.
So we’re going to pump more cash into the economy while stifling productivity. Where do they think that will lead?
Pretty soon we will have $50 loaves of bread and will be no better off than we were before. And we’ll be worse off because some people who might otherwise have been increasing their skill sets were no longer motivated to do so, so an essential brain drain. Heading towards Idiocracy.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How about we just extend unemployment?
If your goal is to give more people a minimum income, including people who work at low paying jobs, this will reach more people. If that’s not your goal, then make unemployment more beneficial than working low paying jobs. I guess it’s depends on what your goal is, and if you want to help people who work low paying jobs make ends meet without having to do something drastic like stay home and take advantage of the meager options available, because it pays better than minimum wage after childcare and work/commute related expenses.
My goal is to help the people that most need it - the ones without income or jobs in a pandemic. Not the family’s making up to $150K a year with just two kids in a already LCOL area.
Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty leftist but I can’t see these ideas being good.
Anonymous wrote:What could go wrong with making people MORE dependent on the government?
I can see what would happen down the line in 40 years or less....... these same people getting this "guaranteed income" are making enough money to get by, with the other government programs of course, and decide not to work. When they reach 65, they find that they are not eligible for Social Security because they have not worked long enough and paid enough in. And, they have not been able to build a decent 401K with their government hand outs.
So, in 40 years or so....... we will have a NEW government program to help these same people through retirement.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How about we just extend unemployment?
If your goal is to give more people a minimum income, including people who work at low paying jobs, this will reach more people. If that’s not your goal, then make unemployment more beneficial than working low paying jobs. I guess it’s depends on what your goal is, and if you want to help people who work low paying jobs make ends meet without having to do something drastic like stay home and take advantage of the meager options available, because it pays better than minimum wage after childcare and work/commute related expenses.
Anonymous wrote:How about we just extend unemployment?