Saturday, April 11, 2020

Proof Democrats HATE Universal Basic Income...

from Breitbart
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has drafted an amendment to a Republican plan that will ensure millions of very low-income, poor Americans are eligible for $1,200 or more in federal payments in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

Current legislation to give a quasi-Universal Basic Income (UBI) to Americans excludes those making under $2,500 or less a year. These are the lowest, poorest Americans and also American college students who do not necessarily work all year long.

Hawley’s amendment would end that income threshold and give money all Americans with a Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.

“Relief to families in this emergency shouldn’t be regressive,” Hawley wrote online. “Lower-income families shouldn’t be penalized.”


Cash to Americans — a plan originally touted by businessman Andrew Yang as a permanent program that would replace all existing forms of welfare — was most recently touted by Breitbart News’s Economic Editor John Carney, who called on Congress to implement a policy in which every American, including those earning over $75,000 a year, are sent the payment:
We need to put cash into the hands of the American people as quickly as possible.

I propose $1,000 of cash for every U.S. citizen. A family of four gets $4000 per month for the duration of the crisis. Bigger families get more. This boost of income will allow Americans to build emergency savings without having to drastically cut down on their spending.

This will not stop all the job losses but it will make them less painful. More importantly, it will make it far less likely that we go from stage one to stage two. It will make it more likely that the economic emergency can be contained to frontline effects.
Millions of American workers have been forced to stay home from their jobs, as restaurants, bars, and other businesses have been required to close in many states.

These service industry workers generally rely on tips and minimum wage to pay their rent, mortgage, and other monthly bills. Often, they have no longtime financial security in place to tap into during emergency situations.

In total, the latest JPMorgan Chase analysis finds that about one-in-four American families do not have any savings and nearly half of Americans would struggle to pay $400 to cover an emergency.
So where are all the Progressive Democrats? They're holding up relief bills for working Americans like this instead of backing them.

14 comments:

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...
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The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Progressive Democrats STRONGLY support a UBI. Proof republicans hate the idea.

Heritage [arguing against a UBI]: The Trump administration is right to focus on work in its new budget proposal. In addition to strengthening work in TANF and food stamps, Congress and the administration should consider reforms proposed by The Heritage Foundation to go further [in other words boot as many low income people from these programs as possible].

Donald Trump's policy on universal basic income...

Do you support a universal basic income program?

DONALD TRUMP VOTER BASE: No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth. (Reference: Analysis of answers from 19,748 voters that have pledged to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential election).

PERSONAL ANSWER: This candidate has not responded to our request to answer this question yet.

Thersites said...

Context is everything. Like a Corona shutdown.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

#DemExit still trending...

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Re "#DemExit still trending"... the Russian bots are at work. Although, I don't know how you know if a hashtag is "trending", so maybe you're just lying. There is also a #RepubExit hashtag (although it looks like a lot of the people using it don't like either party).

Regarding Twitter, Pew Research says "Two-thirds (66%) of all tweeted links were shared by suspected bots".

Politico says "Russia's infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known".

According to the article, Russian bots tweeted (in support of Dotard, or to disparage Hillary) approximately 10 million times leading up to the 2016 election. I think it's safe to assume the bots will be tweeting a LOT more this cycle (and are tweeting their support for Dotard RIGHT NOW).

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Regarding your "context" comment... I agree. Dotard, realizing that the US government is about to spend a BIGLY amount of money -- wants CREDIT from voters for it. We know Dotard (due to his budget busting tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations) doesn't give a shit about running up the debt BIGLY.

The greedy rich and the lower-income poorly educated will be fooled (again) and cast their vote for the predisent who gave them money. The ONLY thing this proves is that Dotard LIKES using taxpayer money to buy votes. There will be more plans on how the poor can be further punished after the election (provided Dotard steals a 2nd term).

Joe Conservative said...

Muh Russia bots!

BWAH!

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

LOL #1 (re my comment about trump's bigly debt that you did not reply to).

LOL #2 (re your "Muh Russia bots" comment).

Joe Conservative said...

That's (LOL#2) your evidence for Russian interference? You should have been on Mueller's Team!

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

It's evidence that people know what's going on. Not evidence Mueller could have used. Obviously. Although not to you, apparently.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Its evidence that propaganda works, nothing more.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

It has worked on you, yes.

Joe Conservative said...

Yes, some of us are smart enough to recognize propaganda when we see it (not you).

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Some of us are smart enough to recognize propaganda when we see it (not YOU).