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I was led to believe that Clinton ended "welfare as we know it" to address that sort of thing. I wonder what your preferred solution is? Because it always seems
by hotpotamus 3y ago
I was led to believe that Clinton ended "welfare as we know it" to address that sort of thing. I wonder what your preferred solution is? Because it always seems to be something to the effect of "just get rid of welfare" which seems like it might be a bit hard on the kids as well.
- stronglikedan 3y agoMy solution is UBI. Ditch welfare as we know it. Ditch the requirements, and all the bureaucratic administration fees and salaries that go with them, and that would free up enough money for proper UBI.
- hotpotamus 3y agoSomehow I doubt that the WSJ has this solution in mind.
- EA-3167 3y agoThe problem with UBI is that once it's instituted, even if financial or other circumstances radically change, it will be politically suicidal to remove it. If it doesn't work well, if it's counterproductive, if anything turns out to be unworkable... tough, no politician can survive going against free money for everyone. That's a fundamental problem with such a... generous program. I'm not even going to get into the sheer pull factor for immigration it would create, and that pull would skew towards people who are both destitute and not likely to work.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoBuy Bitcoin and advocate for UBI!
- votepaunchy 3y agoJust rebrand UBI as “Social Security for All Who Want It”.