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In reply to the discussion: Do you support Universal Basic Income? [View all]gulliver
(13,198 posts)40. Only if coupled with Job Guarantee
We need to make sure the work gets done. Ultimately, money is imaginary. If we all retired today, we'd all starve in short order.
What we need is guaranteed jobs, a mix of private sector and government jobs. It would be sort of like what we have now, except that the government would become an unrestrained consumer of private sector goods, services, and labor. The goal would be to provide a floor on income but no ceiling. Nutritious food, stable shelter, and health care should be considered human rights. But we need to ensure shared responsibility to provide for those rights, and that means bearing that burden is a "human responsibility."
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I would prefer the total cost of living, but that is without thinking through the practical
jorgevlorgan
Jul 2020
#2
Exactly. Different levels of quality of life make that a tough task to fulfill
jorgevlorgan
Jul 2020
#44
i support $750 to $1,000 a month. My Social Security is only $800.00 a month. That is all.
trueblue2007
Jul 2020
#38
Yes, but I don't know enough about the specifics to judge between your two "yes" options
gollygee
Jul 2020
#3
How in the world would you calculate everyone's total cost of living?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jul 2020
#14
You don't. You set a floor income level - that is the UBI - everyone gets that.
Voltaire2
Jul 2020
#19