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yortsed snacilbuper

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9. The US Government can print all the money we need,

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #7)

Thu May 5, 2016, 06:28 PM

May 2016

how do you think they pay for all these wars we are losing?

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Global first? Every Swiss could be guaranteed $2,600 a month tax-free [View all] yortsed snacilbuper May 2016 OP

Oh, my - djean111 May 2016 #1

Actually, they know the only way to produce profits to be taxed to pay basic income, etc., Hoyt May 2016 #29

245 million Americans over 18.. EX500rider May 2016 #2

Yep SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #3

Not even sure it's doable for Switzerland... EX500rider May 2016 #10

Under the proposed law, yortsed snacilbuper May 2016 #14

Well that might not go well DVRacer May 2016 #37

A goodly portion of that money will go right back into the economy. NOT to accounts in the Caymans, shraby May 2016 #4

I love you, shraby. Octafish May 2016 #6

Thank you. shraby May 2016 #38

By the way, how did I earn the honor? shraby May 2016 #41

You understand how the system is gamed to concentrate wealth and power. Octafish May 2016 #42

I accept your friendship. I understand a lot of things but am a person of few words. shraby May 2016 #49

However the US government does not have a extra 600 billion a month to hand out. EX500rider May 2016 #7

The US Government can print all the money we need, yortsed snacilbuper May 2016 #9

Don't understand monetary inflation or what causes it? EX500rider May 2016 #11

Inflation would be a thing if we had more money in the pool than demand for it Hydra May 2016 #20

Printing a extra 600 billion a month would definitely have a inflationary side effect. EX500rider May 2016 #22

Not likely to require $600 bill per month Hydra May 2016 #32

Money is like manure, if you spread it around, it makes things grow, yortsed snacilbuper May 2016 #8

Under the proposed law, yortsed snacilbuper May 2016 #12

Seems to me that would encourage a underclass permanently on the dole.. EX500rider May 2016 #15

The upper 1% are the real welfare Queens! yortsed snacilbuper May 2016 #16

I really don't understand the problem you have with all people having enough to live on for once. shraby May 2016 #39

The problem is the economy collapsing. EX500rider May 2016 #40

Seriously? You believe a national or international economy works like a household economy? hunter May 2016 #43

Yes and everybody should get a Unicorn.... EX500rider May 2016 #44

Unicorns? Damn right I do. hunter May 2016 #45

Nature neither knows we are here or cares.... EX500rider May 2016 #46

Several billion humans will die early if we continue down this road. People are dying now. hunter May 2016 #47

No doubt thing are going to get ugly... EX500rider May 2016 #48

We already have a huge workforce doing worse than nothing, so why not? hunter May 2016 #50

"We already have a huge workforce doing worse than nothing" EX500rider May 2016 #51

I question how it will all work Travis_0004 May 2016 #18

Resulting in even less people paying taxes or being productive.. EX500rider May 2016 #24

Piketty offers some suggestions as to how to fund it BlindTiresias May 2016 #13

It depends on the size of the UBI forjusticethunders May 2016 #19

But we could still afford it if taxes were high enough! scscholar May 2016 #26

Come to Detroit. Octafish May 2016 #5

Meh, its not going to happen anyway Travis_0004 May 2016 #17

They tried this once before Hydra May 2016 #21

Employment provides more than just wages. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #23

That is basically as plausible as UBI BlindTiresias May 2016 #25

It is in the capitalist interest to extract the maximum amount of labor per dollar. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #27

That is what they did in France Mnpaul May 2016 #30

People assume that those taking the benefit would do nothing Marrah_G May 2016 #28

How many would just watch TV and play video games? A large portion I am afraid. EX500rider May 2016 #31

Some of us have relatives to take care of and jobs we still want to do Hydra May 2016 #33

The other issue is anybody making close to that will just quit their jobs... EX500rider May 2016 #34

We have structural unemployment Hydra May 2016 #36

Americans are too lazy for that, come on LOL snooper2 May 2016 #35