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And when they spend their money stupidly and don't have enough money for health care or food, we let them die on the street, right? Or we let private charities
by 3am 13y ago
And when they spend their money stupidly and don't have enough money for health care or food, we let them die on the street, right?
Or we let private charities cover the gap. But when they don't, we let them die on the street?
And if we don't let them die on the street, we find ourselves back where we started, in need of a social insurance safety net for basic necessities.
- intopieces 13y agoI don't think single payer health care and this proposal are mutually exclusive. Additionally, the proposal behind this link stipulates that $3k be spent on healthcare, which could easily be implemented by a voucher system.
- streptomycin 13y agoWe have the same problem today. For instance, food stamps can be sold/wasted, and not everyone who needs them signs up.
- Domenic_S 13y agoRight, so why bother incurring more cost for the same outcome? It's like refactoring your code for speed and ignoring the DDoS that's bringing your app down in the first place.
- streptomycin 13y agoBecause basic income isn't just "keep everything exactly the same, but it's more expensive". There's more to it than that. Nobody has ever argued for basic income by saying it'll fix only the problem you stated (irresponsible people dying on the street).