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Even better: Simply send every single American citizen a check for $1,000 a month. This is more than enough to live comfortably, and wouldn't have to be means t
by alexeisadeski3 13y ago
Even better: Simply send every single American citizen a check for $1,000 a month. This is more than enough to live comfortably, and wouldn't have to be means tested. Bill Gates would get one, and a six month old child born in poverty would get one.
The total bill would be around $3.6T, a bit over half what the US government currently spends in total.
Phase out all education spending, health assistance, pension assistance, welfare assistance. Replace it with a simple check that every single citizen gets.
More efficient, less waste, and more honest.
- greedo 13y agoGot a source for the Federal Govt. budget being over $7T a year?
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoNever said it's $7T - it's $6.4T. And who said anything about Federal only? http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/breakdown http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/breakdown
- greedo 13y agoYou said "US government." To most, that would mean federal government. And clearly, BI would be a Federal program, meaning an additional $3.7T in spending. If you think that phasing out local edu, Medicaid, etc is a great plan, or even a tenable one, you're misunderstanding politics.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoOh, I wasn't aware that guaranteed income was a tenable policy proposal. ;) Get real.