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Another blow to manufacturing on the way (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jul 2017 OP
If we don't get a guaranteed income workinclasszero Jul 2017 #1
The caveat being that SS and Medicare would remain. HughBeaumont Jul 2017 #3
The GOP will let millions starve rather than protect them with basic incomes. BSdetect Jul 2017 #2
You are 100 percent right on that workinclasszero Jul 2017 #4
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
1. If we don't get a guaranteed income
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 02:15 PM
Jul 2017

3/4 of the people in this country are going to starve to death. You can't stop tech advances, witness dumb ass Trump trying to turn the world back to coal.

We need to embrace the future with government sponsored health care for all and a guaranteed minimum income.

Of course republicans in many states are forcing down minimum wages that the voters approved so...fuck.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
3. The caveat being that SS and Medicare would remain.
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 02:29 PM
Jul 2017

None of this mess that UBI would replace both. UBI PLUS SS and Medicare (preferably for all).

The safety net needs to be expanded, not shredded. Pure Capitalists are putting EVERYone on the table.

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