Category: Basic Income

Get Off the Family Plan

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Universal basic income has been a hot topic for several years. The idea is that everyone should get a guaranteed minimum salary sufficient to live on, regardless of what work they do—or even whether they work at all. Naturally enough, the policy has been much debated, even before evidence on its behavioral effects started to come in—as […]

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Universal Basic Incomet is shown using a text and photo of dollars What would it be like to have all your basic needs met and be able to decide what to do with your time? Nothing fancy or extravagant, but enough money to cover your food, clothing, shelter, and medical care at a basic level.

Would you enjoy spending all your time socializing with family and friends or getting really good at your favorite hobbies, music, or sports? Or would you choose to work in a field you love and grow your bank account and lifestyle? On the other hand, […]

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) During last week’s vice presidential debate, the Democratic candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, asked his Republican opponent, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), whether then-President Donald Trump lost his 2020 bid for reelection. Because Vance did not want to choose between contradicting reality and contradicting his running mate, he dodged that question, instead posing one of his own: “Did Kamala Harris […]

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Ross Kaminsky Hurricane Milton strikes

Still assessing the damage from Milton. There were a few main sources of destruction including Milton’s wind; the wind from tornados spawned by Milton; the flooding caused by Milton’s storm surge. It does seem like Tampa was not hit quite as hard as it might have been as the storm seemed to track just slightly further south than predictions. Of course those are still populated areas but not as densely populated as Tampa and probably have slightly better shore structure to withstand and drain out storm surge than Tampa does. We may look back […]

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“If not this, then how are we going to solve it?”

That’s the standard response to anyone who resists a demand to raise taxes. The question is typically framed as a choice between higher taxes and mass casualties.The latest tax-hike supporters bullying California’s exhausted taxpayers with this line is the collection of organizations and developers that critics have called “the homeless-industrial complex.”The term is a reference to President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1961 warning about the development of a “military-industrial complex,” which he described as “the conjunction of an immense military establishment and a permanent armaments industry of vast […]

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Some politicians and activists are eager to give you "free" money.

They call it universal basic income (UBI)—cash for everyone, no strings attached.

Comedian Dave Chappelle thinks UBI would "save my community almost instantly."In my new video , UBI activist Conrad Shaw agrees, "You would effectively get rid of extreme poverty immediately."He says a UBI will help people "start businesses, fix their homes, or invest in sustainable gardens."Well, "sustainable gardens" might be nice, but someone still has to make stuff. And that requires work—often difficult work.When I was young, If I hadn’t needed to work to support myself, I wouldn’t have […]

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