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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews Apr 15

    Testing a universal basic income: A California town is launching a pilot program that gives $500 a month, no strings attached, to safeguard residents who may be one paycheck away from poverty. Will it work? http://cbsn.ws/2qAFD0v pic.twitter.com/PVCo6dsU9q

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      2. theREAL JB1RD‏ @TheREALJB1RD Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Socialism works great, until you run out of other people's money

        12 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
      3. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @TheREALJB1RD @CBSNews

        Your comment has nothing to do with UBI. Milton Friedman wasn't a socialist. Neither was Friedrich Hayek. Both supported UBI.https://medium.com/basic-income/if-you-think-basic-income-is-free-money-or-socialism-think-again-4a17e8d15b1 …

        4 replies 2 retweets 37 likes
      4. theREAL JB1RD‏ @TheREALJB1RD Apr 15
        Replying to @scottsantens @CBSNews

        Ive read on the same idea, giving someone on their 50th birthday one million dollars, but you have to build new house, buy new car & use money wisely with your age. Same concept

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @TheREALJB1RD @CBSNews

        No. We are not talking about a million dollars. We are talking about around $1000 per month as a secure floor that any amount can be earned on top of. We are also talking about replacing welfare and tax subsidies, and we're recognizing the realities of automation.

        3 replies 2 retweets 30 likes
      6. theREAL JB1RD‏ @TheREALJB1RD Apr 15
        Replying to @scottsantens @CBSNews

        Someone getting $1000 ,makes it hard for the one not getting the $1000 , to get up for work when he looks across the street & sees no activity

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @TheREALJB1RD @CBSNews

        Everyone gets the $1000, so those earning $2000 end up with a total of $3000.

        1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
      8. theREAL JB1RD‏ @TheREALJB1RD Apr 15
        Replying to @scottsantens @CBSNews

        But who doesn't get $1000 is my question, who decides when this stops ? Everyone gets $1000 ? Who pays

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @TheREALJB1RD @CBSNews

        Yes, everyone gets it. But that doesn't mean everyone ends up with more income. For example, say we pay for it with a new 10% VAT. Those spending less than $120k would be net receivers. Those spending more than $120k would be net payers. Get it?https://medium.com/basic-income/the-cost-of-universal-basic-income-is-the-net-transfer-amount-not-the-gross-price-tag-acb8aa5eab73 …

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      2. Kevin L‏ @kevinlc20 Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews

        They’re testing communism?

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      3. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @kevinlc20 @CBSNews

        Nope.https://medium.com/basic-income/if-you-think-basic-income-is-free-money-or-socialism-think-again-4a17e8d15b1 …

        0 replies 2 retweets 25 likes
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      2. Richard Blaber‏ @RichardBlaber Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews

        A UBI hands out money to everyone, regardless of whether they actually need it or not. That is unnecessary, wasteful & unfair, because it means that those who have are being given even more, at the taxpayers' expense! Better to focus the help on those who really need it because

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @RichardBlaber @CBSNews

        Yes everyone gets UBI, but the net effect is not to provide extra to those who have plenty. This can be confusing to understand but hopefully this helps you. It should also replace tax credits for the rich that already don't make sense to provide.https://medium.com/basic-income/the-cost-of-universal-basic-income-is-the-net-transfer-amount-not-the-gross-price-tag-acb8aa5eab73 …

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      1. AdamV‏ @Hourof_ Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Basic income works. Intrinsic motivation means that given the means, people will pursue what they are passionate about and good at--their talent. When people pursue their talents the world becomes a brighter place for everyone. Threat of starvation is not a good motivator 4 work.

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      2. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews @basicincome

        There are a lot of misconceptions about what UBI is, and there are a lot of questions people frequently ask about it. Here's a FAQ to help.http://www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq …

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      2. Dain‏ @dainusmc Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews

        It’s not going into their savings. It’ll go to a new car payment, furniture payment... etc. people are just bad at saving money, it’s a symptom of our consume and want everything now culture.

        6 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. 2 Dictators 1 Cup‏ @iminbeastmode Apr 15
        Replying to @dainusmc @CBSNews

        People who have no money to save can't save money. This is to meet expenses and live. Not to pump into an ira. Althoughh if they didddd pump some of it into an ira it would save us hundreds of thousands later when theyre retirement age. If someone was smart enough to know that.

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      2. Irina Ideas‏ @ideasrex Apr 15
        Replying to @CBSNews @scottsantens

        This will be absolutely necessary globally once the automation reaches the tipping point and replaces most of the work force. We are stuck in the old paradigm thinking that jobs in their traditional form will outlive machines/AI

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. J B X‏ @JimbauxsJournal Apr 15
        Replying to @ideasrex @CBSNews @scottsantens

        I don't like this common response, because it ignores that automation ALREADY HAS eliminated most of the jobs that actually need to be done, which is why society already has had to create a bunch of pointless jobs like so many marketing and advertising jobs, plus poverty jobs.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Irina Ideas‏ @ideasrex Apr 15
        Replying to @JimbauxsJournal @CBSNews @scottsantens

        It has replaced a lot of manual work, but it will continue replacing much more, in fact, most of what we call jobs

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      5. J B X‏ @JimbauxsJournal Apr 16
        Replying to @ideasrex @CBSNews @scottsantens

        I know. It's just that portraying job destruction due to technology as something that is completely in the future is problematic, and largely because it allows opponents of basic income to counter that new jobs are always created, which is indeed true but part of the problem.

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