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tintory@lemm.ee to Politics@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Why Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'

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Why Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'

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tintory@lemm.ee to Politics@beehaw.org · 1 year ago
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Republican lawmakers from five states are seeking to ban guaranteed basic-income programs, citing costs for taxpayers.
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    In the long run, nearly the same effect as 100% inheritance tax anyways.

    The government won’t know the cash has been removed from the economy, but it’ll have been removed all the same.

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      Not really because I sure as hell wouldn’t be paying it to the government.

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        They’ll just print it regardless.

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        Children like you are exactly why we should do this.

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        Pretty spiteful of you

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          Not to mention anti-social.

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          By not paying it to the government, I am not personally supporting killing people across the world. So it seems like the moral thing to do.

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