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This isn’t a big selling point on the left. It would be in the general, but the make-up of the primary voters is further to the left. Dismantling government pro
by tyre 7y ago
This isn’t a big selling point on the left. It would be in the general, but the make-up of the primary voters is further to the left. Dismantling government programs isn’t their jam.
- r00fus 7y agoThere's also a hippocratic argument to be made that you shouldn't throw out what's not broken.
- slowmovintarget 7y agoIt's also an awfully big "if" that it would actually replace them. "I promise" isn't enough to risk ending up with both the UBI and all the current programs. Therefore the qualifications aimed at those who disagree on fiscal grounds simply evaporate when the policy meets the real world. Bait and switch is older than politics.