(May 6, 2017 at 12:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(May 6, 2017 at 12:14 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Dude. You rode in the front of the Nixon bus.
Are you claiming my success is due to race privilege?
(May 5, 2017 at 8:57 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: We already have an income floor in the US paid for by taxes - it's for people over 65 and the disabled and it's called Social Security. I don't see how Social Security and the concept of a universal basic income differ all that much.
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What they differ in is the ability to seek and perform work.
Sure, but looking into the future, if able-bodied people aren't able to find suitable jobs because of automation and sending jobs overseas, there's no work to seek or perform in the first place.
The elderly often have declining physical and mental capabilities (sorry, I don't mean to insult old people here
), and may be less able to find a suitable job, thus the gov't provides an income floor.I don't think it's unreasonable to consider an income floor for both scenarios.
-Teresa
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