Is the the idea of universal guaranteed income and housing for every adult citizen something that could work? Is it true or not that it would create millions of lazy people unwilling to work as long as somebody else is paying for it?

At what point would it start? 18? 21, 25? What about $20/wk until 12, then $50/wk until 14. Then $100/wk until 16 and 200/wk at 16, then $400/wk at 18 and continue. It would teach people how to handle money (that money going direct to people, not to whoever claims them), would grow the economy, help people that are in college. Of course, once you have income of $40k; your share would start decreasing at half the amount until unaided.

How to pay for it? First, tax imports when they come in and tax people for having things manufactured overseas. […]

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