James A. Robichaux

@JamesRobichaux

Photographer, writer, pop-culture critic, journalist, educator, and inter-parish man-of-mystery.

Louisiana
Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2011.

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    3. pro 2019.

    Good evening. I'd like to talk to you about the most important justification for universal basic income, one that doesn't get discussed enough, which is sad, because it is THE argument for UBI. So, gather round the camp fire! THREAD

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    which is related to the point that I am making in this thread, related to what Weinstein is asking.

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    I was 21 and pretty politically aware in 2004 and it did not even occur to me for one second to knock a door or do literally anything to help Kerry win (and no one suggested it). It was the polar opposite of the campaign that would follow.

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    1. pro 2019.

    Hi. I am temperamentally unsuited for politics. But I understand its necessity. So, even as I spar with some of you who share the same policy goals that I have, I appreciate the work that you do, especially as I mostly cannot do it. I just wanted you to know that. Thank you.

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    Ugh. Really? I’m so tired of people pretending that Trump is what makes America awful. It’s always been awful. He just ripped the mask off.

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  7. What if you were a cat?

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    2. velj

    You heard him guys...

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    prije 15 sati

    NO ONE should have their sense of self worth and meaning tied to their participation in paid employment. The fact that our society has pushed this lie for generations is horrific, and causes very real harm.

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    Joe Biden has an unapologetically racist history, he is handsy with women, he is openly apathetic about the hardships of young people, and he is way too excited about supposedly potentially working with Republicans again. He is the epitome of establishment.

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    17. sij

    If we are not making this argument, then we are wasting our time and effort.

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    And - and I cannot emphasize this enough - if job losses due to automation is the reason given for universal basic income, then someone who doesn't want you to be able to control your own life will just debate ad infinitum with you about whether the automation fear is legitimate.

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    No. Other people have functioning brains and can see the same extremely obvious problems that I can see.

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  15. In the meantime, though, riddle me this... if trucking is automated and millions of jobs are lost, and if we wanted to pay a basic income to *only* those who lost their jobs due to the automation, why would we need to collect ANY *additional* taxes at all to do it?

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    Odgovor korisnicima i sljedećem broju korisnika:

    I feel like that gets lost in the discussion even among UBI advocates.

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    The 15th state inmate to die in a Mississippi prison was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon.

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  18. Remind me to do a thread about inflation based on the example of the automation of truck driving, please. Thanks.

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  19. Two things: 1.) The "dividend" characterization of universal basic income is problematic (unless there is also a land-value tax.) 2.) So, too, is the idea that taxes fund gov't spending. Ditch both of those tropes, and you foreclose Todd's objection. But I repeat myself. 😐

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  20. I am not picking on Captain Kelly, either. I see plenty of Democrats, Leftists, socialists, progressives, etc, tout how many jobs saving the planet will create.

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  21. It's really a damned shame that we have to sell efforts to SAVE HUMAN CIVILIZATION by touting how the efforts to SAVE HUMAN CIVILIZATION will "lead to more good-paying jobs." Apparently, SAVING HUMAN CIVILIZATION is not itself a desirable end in and of itself.

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