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The Canadian Mental Health Association has endorsed basic income
- Proven 6y agoWhatever. They could have endorsed free healthcare too.
- beprogrammed 6y agoLet those who work, pay for those who don't. Seems like a great plan./s
- MrBoomixer 6y agoI rather this then let those suffering live a poor life. I'll gladly pay my taxes to help those in need.
- elindbe2 6y agoI'm suffering. I'd like some of your money, please. I'll send you my venmo email. Thanks, I appreciate it.
- NormenNomen 6y agoYes, that's exactly the idea. This is called "mutual aid".
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- machello13 6y agoDo you think this is some kind of clever counter argument? It just reveals that you think helping your fellow humans is a ridiculous idea.
- elindbe2 6y agoNo I'm literally suggesting you send me cash. Help your fellow human.
- beprogrammed 6y agoBut are you really helping them? On the surface it would seem so, just give them money. But as always reality is much more complex. work -> to get money -> spend on the product of work vs get money -> spend on the product of work Does work have no value? The price of any given item will increase with the ammount required to make it worth while for somone to do and not just ride the handout. Production will plumit and costs will skyrocket. An old adage, Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Force a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Another way to think about it is as an energy system. As work is put in the energy in the system increases. The system currently has stored energy, but if you stop putting in energy and just consume it, in time you will deplete it.
- Alekhine 6y agoWhat do you think of social security?
- EliRivers 6y agoLet society crumble into a hellscape in which the majority have worse lives in exchange for the warm glow of knowing that at least they're not making life better for anyone else either. It's like a religious belief in some places. People accept the evidence of how to make a better society, in which valuable people who could contribute are actually enabled to do so and ultimately the required tax take to keep everyone alive actually goes down, but they'd literally rather not do that because helping other people offends their sense of self. Like the nonsense of many prison systems. Overwhelming evidence that it's an expensive way to get worse outcomes, but people just can't bring themselves to pay less for a better world if it means prisons are less hellscape.
- mgh2 6y agoThe idea of a more equitable society will be delusional for Americans
- nichos 6y agoExactly how much of my income are other people entitled to?
- nmfisher 6y agoAs much as is believed desirable by the elected representatives of the democratic society in which you live.
- charliebrownau 6y agoEqual Outcome - Welfare - Alimony - Child ' support' Affirm action Diversity quotas female only jobs black only jobs gay only jobs non straight white male only jobs lower standards leg over special rewards remove skill remove merit remove reward hard work everyone gets a pass/sticker/prize To get everyone the same you need to lower everyone to the same bar , well every citizen Of course media, mainstream, rich , 'elite' and goverment isnt held to this lowering Facism + Socialism + Commies + Zionism , its all the same AUTHORIAN govermence done by FORCE over citizens its all LEFT WING its all based on LIES Its all ENFORCED with armed order followers
- nichos 6y agoEqual opportunity, not equal outcome.
- t-writescode 6y agoThe legal system, in its infinite wisdom, makes it illegal for rich and poor alike to sleep on a park bench.
- absolutelyrad 6y agoMany people are uglier than others too. Some people get more tinder matches than others. Do we also throw acid on the more attractive people to ensure a more equitable society for the relatively ugly men/women? Why only the equity of money but not other things on the Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Taxation in unethical, and immoral to the people who work hard. Some people compensate for being physically ugly by having more money. I work with my body using my brain. It's my body, my choice. Just like no one deserves to be raped, you cannot force people to give away gains of their work.
- aaron695 6y agoThe Canadian Mental Health Association is just a random organisation. You could start one and say the same, or oppose it. They seem pretty spammy, perhaps a Canadian could summarise them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Mental_Health_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Mental_Health_Associa...
- charliebrownau 6y agoNo Nation would need , Social Welfare / UBI if Taxation removed Overseas aid removed welfare state removed USRY removed Central banks removed and we went back to Local + State + National :- Farming Production Manfactoring NO Federal National Goverment No Central banks No fait currency + QE No Overseas manfactoring No ' free ' trade No corporations Min wage lowered back to 10 dollars per hour Super/retirment funds removed paid time off removed pregant pay removed paid holiday pay removed Wage tax removed income tax removed Goverment is LOCAL and district based and ran like a business, running services as PAYG to earn a profit not stealing money by state force from the citizens