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Or anyone with a family and parent that worked.

I don't have a fear of this.

No. Just no. The government does not get this power. Ever. Because no matter how noble your intent, some idiot/jackass/power hungry/know-it-all/mustache twirling villain will use it for evil. There's no if's in that. IT WILL HAPPEN. The government needs be handcuffed again, not empowered.

Remember to reinforce the scroll with a steel rod before you start swinging it.

@Bacle @Lord Sovereign Are y'all operating under different definitions of "Empire"? Because it certainly reads like you are.

Sad, but true.

Apparent Fact: The only value you will really get from your degree in job seeking is the time it gives you to NETWORK with employers and managers in your chosen field so that you can get a legup in the hiring process.

The push by government to get EVERYONE into a degree program has really hurt a lot of the fields. Degrees no longer are a difference maker in the application process, except that it allows an employer to say, "You're overqualified for this position, but we thank you for your interest."

I'm not arguing that it won't help cover costs. My concern is that it won't stop there, no matter how pure the motives of the people who put it in place. After they go away the vultures, charlatans and snake-oil salesman step up to ruin the nice thing. How do you propose keeping that from...

I've addressed my error. If you can actually get the politicians to even contemplate that you're a miracle worker. Though I still say it's a mistake to empower every citizen to be able to vote themselves more money. I completely agree that the regulatory burden is pretty damn stupid...

My mistake. If it's just $2,000 a year...what's the point?

260,000,000 (Adult Population 2020) x 2,000 (UBI of 2,000 per month per adult) =520,000,000,000 That's 520 Billion Dollars per Month Year OR Over 6 Trillion Dollars a Year. I'm just using what Alaska does and extending that to ALL of America. Tell me how we afford that...

Taxes went down in the last administration. I'm sure they're going up in this one.

With UBI, EVERYONE has a reason to vote for more money, not just the percentage on welfare.

I think my basic problem with a UBI is that you then create something whereby people can literally vote themselves more money. And I can't think of a single political party that's not going to start fighting over who can give the 'people' the most money with their platform. THEN you're going...

It's not 1 single charity. It's ALL OF THEM. Every single food pantry, every single church, every single soup kitchen, every single clothing donation, every single charitable person...frankly, Welfare, foodstamps, WIC and the like can't hold a candle to that when it comes to truly meaningful...

I get that you're looking for answers, but taking this hypothetical is really a worthless endeavor. It's like trying to predict the weather 100 years out. There are too many variables for any answer to have real meaning to us now. Work is valuable if someone is willing to pay you for it. If...