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Mark Zuckerberg Doubles Down On Universal Basic Income, Calls It a 'Bipartisan Issue' (cnbc.com)
Mark Zuckerberg praised the Alaska Permanent Fund and used it as another platform to lobby for universal basic income, as he did during his commencement address to Harvard in May. The Alaska Permanent Fund was established in 1976 as the Alaska pipeline construction neared completion. According to CNBC, the "goal was to share the oil riches with future generations." From the report: Zuckerberg says the state's cash handout program "provides some good lessons for the rest of the country." The dividend averages $1000 (or more) per person. "That can be especially meaningful if your family has five or six people," says Zuckerberg in a post he wrote about the payment. "This is a novel approach to basic income in a few ways. First, it's funded by natural resources rather than raising taxes. Second, it comes from conservative principles of smaller government, rather than progressive principles of a larger safety net," says Zuckerberg. "This shows basic income is a bipartisan idea." Fundamentally, Zuckerberg says people think and work differently when they have their basic needs met. "Seeing how Alaska put this dividend in place reminded me of a lesson I learned early at Facebook: organizations think profoundly differently when they're profitable than when they're in debt. When you're losing money, your mentality is largely about survival," says Zuckerberg. "But when you're profitable, you're confident about your future and you look for opportunities to invest and grow further. Alaska's economy has historically created this winning mentality, which has led to this basic income. That may be a lesson for the rest of the country as well."
Ah yes, the "finely nuanced" elitist speak.
Can you explain what happens when nobody is working because they all expect "a living wage" for not doing anything? Because I can.
Most humans are basically lazy, and will do minimal work for maximum pay. That is called "Capitalism", and the fact that liberals cannot fathom a world under actual economic values still exist in an elitist egalitarian world, where the CEO and Janitor are paid equally.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
You can't be serious. Silicon Valley money dwarfs the Koch bros. How many of those folks vote for Republicans? Sorry, the Koch bros meme is outdated by about 10-15 years.
Sure Mark, why don't you share some of the ad revenue from your site with the users that are contributing to it... let's see what your stockholders say.
love is just extroverted narcissism
You just want to play video games. Mommy's basement gamer clicking "like!" "like!" "like!" on UBI stories. She's on board as well; no hope of getting rid of you otherwise.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
See Venezuela for REAL WORLD examples of how socialism plays out... Similar to Communism, it creates POOR, DESTITUTE populations, and crime SKYROCKETS! Socialism is a MENTAL Disorder. One that makes people feel like the world OWES them a living... Newsflash... It Doesn't, and NEVER will. :-D