A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing

Re:A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing by fucking_tragedy on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @09:42AM (#11620517)

Unfortunately, the racist caricature of the 'welfare queen' who will go out of her way to work 24/7 for 18+ years for welfare benefits that equate to less than the pay of a part time job has been used to drive conservatives to the polls since the 1980's.

It's well cemented in the public consciousness as a result, so you'll see it trotted out whenever monetary benefits are proposed to help children.

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Re:A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing by sosuke on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @11:17AM (#11621387)

The key is to arguing that it is a minor drain on the proposed system and appeal to the moral high ground. Don't deny all the good people help because you want to deny a few bad people help. There will always be leeches on any system.

No idea at all how to do that though.

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