Instead of ad hominem bullshit you could tell me why I'm wrong.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Was snarky, but I stand by it. A significant proportion of our population lives in self reinforcing negative feedback loops. Some people are beyond repair, but enough are not to deserve help.
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The majority of bankruptcies are caused by medical issues.
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From the main reply to my original tweet: "To be clear, I'm arguing against UBI, not a social safety net." And see this from earlier today:https://twitter.com/Molson_Hart/status/1180623451683463168 …
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>A significant proportion of our population lives in self reinforcing negative feedback loops. Some people are beyond repair, but enough are not to deserve help. Sure, but giving them $1000 isn't going to help with that, in my opinion.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
So we agree that some people are broken beyond repair. You say that there are people who are not who just need basic income to get out of a bad feedback loop. If programs like TANF exist, why haven't they already broken out already? There are numerous temp. assistance programs.
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Replying to @backspaceTab22
Just so we're on the same page, your argument is that: UBI would be good because there are people who are not "broken beyond repair" who are trapped in a poverty cycle who can break out of it if we simply gave them some money.pic.twitter.com/4hzKJUk2Zm
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
First of all, TANF is different in every state. What you used was Maine's. Maine's minimum wage is $11/hour. 22 working days in a month and 22*8*11 = $1936. This person, at $1640/month, is working 34 hours a week. They would also be paid child support for each child.
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Goes both ways buddy. Person with 4 kids just lies about their income, takes cash, and gets gov't benefits. lol
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Replying to @backspaceTab22
I agree. You brought up incentives with child support. So, let's say we go UBI and someone has 8 kids - what do we do then? Let them starve? Or give them additional benefits?
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