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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by jerf on Monday August 08, 2016 @12:49PM (#12249102)
"Many benefits exist now; politicians seem to be falling over one another trying to restrict them."

Which benefits have been cut in the US in past ten years? Be specific. I won't count things that were cut to be replaced with something else bigger, like Obamacare.

There's a few politicians appealing to the people who'd like to see some things trimmed, but they haven't done anything significant about it in a decade or more. This is a part of the reason you're seeing Trump's level of success, the perception by these people that they keep trying send people to DC to cut things down, who then make a big show of resisting while not actually resisting.

Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by JoeAltmaier on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:09PM (#12249261)
SNAP benefits in 2013. SS Disability this year. VA funding in the current budget. You don't have to look far to find scissors-wielding politicians.