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2022-04-02 Home Front: Politix
Los Angeles will pay 1,000 residents picked at random to receive $36,000 universal income over three years in new trial program: Households need to earn less than $96,000 and not receive government handouts
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Researchers are using these these pilot programs to see what happens

Solid approach to anything.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-02 00:44||   2022-04-02 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 It will work about as well as western 20th century peace treaties.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-02 00:46||   2022-04-02 00:46|| Front Page Top

#3 West Coast Virtue Signaling.
Election time in CA?
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-04-02 00:49||   2022-04-02 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I was, and remain a member of the US Government's Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine "Trial Program." Advance Directives really are recommended. I believe it was in the smaller print.

I may also soon be a member of the US Government's Capital Gains 401K seizure "Trial Program." Equitable quarterly tax payments for everyone really are the way ahead. If you have no greedy big business investment profits or selfish racist gains you have nothing to be concerned about.

"Trial Programs" really are the way to go.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-02 00:52||   2022-04-02 00:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Small minority will go with this. They make well over 50,000 on benefit programs now.
Posted by Dale 2022-04-02 04:03||   2022-04-02 04:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I stopped reading at ‘random’; we all know who is getting the free money.
Posted by Airandee 2022-04-02 06:20||   2022-04-02 06:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Question: How much do they think will end up actually helping the Afghan LA people, after the Taliban leadership gets its hands on it?

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, 83, sparks fury by telling homeless crowd to 'GO HOME' when they crashed LA emergency shelter event in search of housing vouchers
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-02 08:31||   2022-04-02 08:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Why do they call it universal if it isn't going to everyone?
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-04-02 10:06||   2022-04-02 10:06|| Front Page Top

#9 No constraints on purchasing or arbitrage.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-02 12:03||   2022-04-02 12:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Thing, this is just a trial run. Eventually they will extend it to everyone who "qualifies".
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-04-02 12:05||   2022-04-02 12:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been tried in other places usually on a limited basis such as in L.A. Finland tried UBI on a limited basis in 2017 but stopped the program in 2018. A government that can give you everything can also take it away. Give-away programs may provide money for people at the cost of economic slavery for another group of working people.

A 2020 summary of some of these trials is here:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/universal-basic-income-ubi-map

It is likely the money's made available to taxpayers during COVID 19 got people to thinking about UNI again. One might note that California is not in very good economic shape. The government is too free with other people's money. The accrued debt will enslave future generations.
Posted by JohnQC 2022-04-02 12:08||   2022-04-02 12:08|| Front Page Top

#12 ^--- As Designed.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-04-02 12:13||   2022-04-02 12:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Picked at random. Wow, are they getting 40 acres and a mule too?
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-04-02 13:08||   2022-04-02 13:08|| Front Page Top

#14 As long as you're part of a politician's extended family making less than $96,000...you're in!
Posted by Crumble Thrique2167 2022-04-02 19:01||   2022-04-02 19:01|| Front Page Top

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