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Topic	Dang Andrew Yang is all over youtube
Taily_Po 06/30/19 11:35:51 PM #44:	Mead posted... Actually Yangs proposed UBI program would simplify a lot of social programs by reducing the number of people enrolled for them. While the dividend doesnt affect healthcare benefits opting to receive it does exclude you from other monetary assistance programs. Except that could never work in practice given the diversity of needs. UBI would just be one more entitlement on top of everything else. Mead posted... A lot of people would choose it because its money they can use on anything Given that just about every corner store is willing to help you cash out your EBT, what they have now can be used on anything >_> Mead posted... Everyone qualifies. Its universal. But it's not really universal. Whatever gains would be offered to the normal taxpayer would be offset by the additional taxes needed to support it because the money doesn't just come from thin air. You can say that you're giving taxpayers money, but you're really not giving them any money at all. Mead posted... And if it does end up increasing our GDP as much as proponents of the idea suggest, why kick the can down the road instead of stimulating the economy now? Because it's not a real stimulus, it's an ongoing debt obligation. Mead posted... UBI is not meant to be a replacement for jobs Then why have you been pitching it in regards to jobs lost to automation? --- "If I were a ghost, this is certainly the kind of place I'd haunt." <cite>Taily_Po posted [p:924079558] in Dang Andre... [t:77817983]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>Actually Yangs proposed UBI program would simplify a lot of social programs by reducing the number of people enrolled for them. While the dividend doesnt affect healthcare benefits opting to receive it does exclude you from other monetary assistance programs. </quote> Except that could never work in practice given the diversity of needs. UBI would just be one more entitlement on top of everything else. <cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>A lot of people would choose it because its money they can use on anything</quote> Given that just about every corner store is willing to help you cash out your EBT, what they have now can be used on anything >_> <cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>Everyone qualifies. Its universal.</quote> But it's not really universal. Whatever gains would be offered to the normal taxpayer would be offset by the additional taxes needed to support it because the money doesn't just come from thin air. You can say that you're giving taxpayers money, but you're really not giving them any money at all. <cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>And if it does end up increasing our GDP as much as proponents of the idea suggest, why kick the can down the road instead of stimulating the economy now?</quote> Because it's not a real stimulus, it's an ongoing debt obligation. <cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>UBI is not meant to be a replacement for jobs</quote> Then why have you been pitching it in regards to jobs lost to automation? --- "If I were a ghost, this is certainly the kind of place I'd haunt."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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