Work under capitalism is a brutal psychological gauntlet -- low pay, long hours, and little to no safety net
Stopped reading right there. Not all jobs are like that. Just move to someplace like Venezuela if you want to see what happens when you deny the realities of the market.
I fear that the people on UBI, like the ones who subsist on the existing government programs, will continue to see the way of getting more as participating in demonstrations instead of working or starting businesses.
Land and mining are already taxed. Localities already depend on nearly universally high property taxed to fund schools. The land owned by people for their homes is a liability and generates no income. You're pretty much proposing ending private property, as only the 1% and the government itself will be able to afford it.
I suspect some people do not realize that UBI is supposed to replace the welfare state. They think they're still going to have food assistance, child care, and housing paid for by the state on top of free cash. Who wouldn't take that deal?
1. Our _businesses_ do pay more tax than yours. 2. It's irrelevant whether you pay more. If you paid an effective 99% rate, and we paid 95%, would you say we had no right to complain because ours was lower?
So you're telling me that they should have owned the issue that they caused, and worked around it instead of putting the burden and blame on the customer? Why, that's like an airline unexpectedly needing 4 seats to get its employees to another airport on time, and thus putting them on a turboprop or in a company car instead of calling the cops to beat up the passenger who won't give up his seat!
But that's the problem-- they tell the middle class we should pay high taxes and trust the government to do all the wonderful works for us. Meanwhile, they set up a shell non-profit corporation that funnels money to their pet causes. So they get to choose what causes they support, but not the plebes.
1. You think libertarian is a synonym for conservative, 2. You believe that now that leftist voices don't drown out all others, that Slashdot is now a "conservative echo chamber." This is the response of people who are not used to having their ideas challenged.
Slashdot has always leaned left. Now it's centrist. And that bothers you. Ars Technica is leaning further left these days, so go hang there. They have a user moderation system that's dumber than Slashdot's, but at least you won't get the banhammer for irking any of the hired moderators on the articles anymore.
Indeed. This system is a fraud that only replaces multiple welfare programs with cold, hard cash. It might reduce costs of administration, but it isn't basic income.
I would like to see a basic income program that truly pays everyone, but with the ability for those who don't need it to opt out. Let's see the wealthy progressives literally put their money where their mouths are.
If one person can get by on $X, it doesn't mean two people need $X*2. Housing is normally the greatest cost to a household. My rent or mortgage has always been my biggest bill, even when I lived in a dump in the 1990s. I had a new car, and the rent was still double the car payment.
Except that's actually minimally practical, because maybe you could use the iPhone's microphone to listen for the toast popping up and tell you it's done in case you walked out of the room. This juicer is useless.
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If you want to be a vulgar, ignorant troll and don't want to stand by your arrogant rubbish, posting AC is where it's at.
Did you notice that the Tea Party was called racist?
Government shutdowns aren't "dissent". They come from within the government.
In what fucking universe did you go to school?
Stopped reading right there. Not all jobs are like that. Just move to someplace like Venezuela if you want to see what happens when you deny the realities of the market.
A smooth transition into 4 more years of Obama-style nonsense, this time using her genitalia instead of her skin color to shut down dissent.
At least Trump has revived dissent and distrust of the government.
I'm waiting for your comprehensive evidence that the majority of guns used in crimes in Chicago were legally purchased in Indiana.
Indeed. The one side he is on is the correct one.
I would advise Mom and Dad to start collecting rent...
I fear that the people on UBI, like the ones who subsist on the existing government programs, will continue to see the way of getting more as participating in demonstrations instead of working or starting businesses.
Land and mining are already taxed. Localities already depend on nearly universally high property taxed to fund schools. The land owned by people for their homes is a liability and generates no income. You're pretty much proposing ending private property, as only the 1% and the government itself will be able to afford it.
... according to the Castros.
Social Security has middlemen? News to me! Last I checked, old folks were getting Treasury checks mailed (or EFTed) directly to them.
I suspect some people do not realize that UBI is supposed to replace the welfare state. They think they're still going to have food assistance, child care, and housing paid for by the state on top of free cash. Who wouldn't take that deal?
Stopped reading right there. Just move to someplace like Venezuela if you want to see what happens when you deny the realities of the market.
SF, like most large American cities, is run by a single party. There is no such thing as free, open elections there.
Well, I figure at some point it ends with the Affordable Robots Act, where you're taxed for NOT having a robot.
1. Our _businesses_ do pay more tax than yours.
2. It's irrelevant whether you pay more. If you paid an effective 99% rate, and we paid 95%, would you say we had no right to complain because ours was lower?
Many in computing didn't anticipate their programs being in use decades in the future.
So you're telling me that they should have owned the issue that they caused, and worked around it instead of putting the burden and blame on the customer? Why, that's like an airline unexpectedly needing 4 seats to get its employees to another airport on time, and thus putting them on a turboprop or in a company car instead of calling the cops to beat up the passenger who won't give up his seat!
You need to swap out the detector near the kitchen with a photoelectric type.
But that's the problem-- they tell the middle class we should pay high taxes and trust the government to do all the wonderful works for us. Meanwhile, they set up a shell non-profit corporation that funnels money to their pet causes. So they get to choose what causes they support, but not the plebes.
I'm not watching it unless at least 50% of the plot consists of unrealistic image enhancement.
Your problems are twofold.
1. You think libertarian is a synonym for conservative,
2. You believe that now that leftist voices don't drown out all others, that Slashdot is now a "conservative echo chamber." This is the response of people who are not used to having their ideas challenged.
Slashdot has always leaned left. Now it's centrist. And that bothers you. Ars Technica is leaning further left these days, so go hang there. They have a user moderation system that's dumber than Slashdot's, but at least you won't get the banhammer for irking any of the hired moderators on the articles anymore.
Indeed. This system is a fraud that only replaces multiple welfare programs with cold, hard cash. It might reduce costs of administration, but it isn't basic income.
I would like to see a basic income program that truly pays everyone, but with the ability for those who don't need it to opt out. Let's see the wealthy progressives literally put their money where their mouths are.
This is clearly need-based in thinking.
If one person can get by on $X, it doesn't mean two people need $X*2. Housing is normally the greatest cost to a household. My rent or mortgage has always been my biggest bill, even when I lived in a dump in the 1990s. I had a new car, and the rent was still double the car payment.
Except that's actually minimally practical, because maybe you could use the iPhone's microphone to listen for the toast popping up and tell you it's done in case you walked out of the room. This juicer is useless.