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Socialist Progressives

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1. The larger the universal basic income, the greater the benefit to the economy

Sat Sep 2, 2017, 09:33 AM

Sep 2017

I like the sound of that

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A $1,000 per month cash handout would grow the economy by $2.5 trillion, new study says [View all] yallerdawg Sep 2017 OP

Yes to hell with the deficit. Who cares if we go deeper wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #2

$2.5 trillion added to GDP generates the revenue! yallerdawg Sep 2017 #3

Indeed. tymorial Sep 2017 #4

Did you read the article? wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #10

Damn. I usually just post links to articles. You want me to read them? yallerdawg Sep 2017 #11

UBI plus Medicare for All would liberate people from wage slavery. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #5

"Slave to the wage" is at the core of our society. yallerdawg Sep 2017 #7

This is straight out of Keynesian economic theory - verbatim! yallerdawg Sep 2017 #13