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Your spending is someone else's income. This is a problem when everyone understands they have to save to get ahead.
Welfare keeps people poor. Jobs can pull people out of poverty. People who climb out of poverty often start voting for the other party.
Basic ‘survival’ income without all the bureaucracy and shamining would be cheaper and more effective It’s like what we’ve seen in states that have provided an apartment “home “to the homeless.
Often times the way assistance is set up it incentivizes staying on assistance Ie if you get a part time job you lose all assistance . Or if you get a job you lose healthcare assistance etc.
I'm sure there's interest; lots of people like the idea of getting "free money' & lots of politicians want to use it to buy votes. But "free money" isn't free & providing it isn't going to make ppl seek better employment or educational opportunities -- most will just demand more.
Woo-hoo! We'll just shake the magic money tree and money will rain down on us, free for everyone who doesn't want to work. I can quit my job, right? And get this magical "universal basic income"? SUPER!
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