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16. Why is this necessary with 3.4% unemployment?

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2019, 02:19 PM

Oct 2019

Even fast food workers are going to be making $15/hr in NY state.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Question about the Yang (and, apparently, Gabbard) UBI proposal. [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2019 OP

In lieu of. namahage Oct 2019 #1

Thanks! Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2019 #3

In lieu of... SKKY Oct 2019 #2

Also thanks. Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2019 #4

Actually no, here's a pic showing how it works. redqueen Oct 2019 #10

$1,000 a month? left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 #5

That's what I heard Yang say Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2019 #6

From his website: namahage Oct 2019 #8

They are regressive, but when paired with the UBI redqueen Oct 2019 #12

My mother gets twice that, since she outlived my father htuttle Oct 2019 #7

The Freedom Dividend stacks with Social Security Retirement benefits. redqueen Oct 2019 #13

It didn't stack originally. W_HAMILTON Oct 2019 #15

UBI does not replace Social Security thesquanderer Oct 2019 #9

Oops just saw this. It doesn't stack with Social Security cash benefits - forget what that's called, redqueen Oct 2019 #14

It stacks with Social Security Retirement benefits. nt redqueen Oct 2019 #11

Why is this necessary with 3.4% unemployment? eilen Oct 2019 #16

The theory of UBI is that the individual is a better judge of their needs than the State Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2019 #17

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