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> "This is why we need a good social safety net...that will be extremely disruptive to their lives while they find new work. If we could support them with a saf
by snake117 7y ago
> "This is why we need a good social safety net...that will be extremely disruptive to their lives while they find new work. If we could support them with a safety during that time..."
I want to refrain from getting too political here, but what you are stating here seems to be one of the core reasons for why Andrew Yang is proposing the Freedom Dividend [1].
[1] https://www.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/ https://www.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/
- heymijo 7y agoI don't see how even the most optimistic can see $1,000/month as any sort of reasonable safety net.
- untog 7y agoDepends where you are in the country. One of the reasons why setting one number nationwide doesn't feel workable (but the alternative - giving "coastal elites" more money - is even less politically possible than the original proposal)