Re:Why a Universal Basic Income Would Be a Calamity
by vixen99 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @09:19AM
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The status quo is that we don't have basic income. On the agenda is the proposal that we do. A critique of a novel proposition is agenda-pushing?
Re:Why a Universal Basic Income Would Be a Calamity
by eighthnate on Sunday August 20, 2017 @09:30AM
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> A critique of a novel proposition is agenda-pushing?
Yes? Especially when it disingenuous and cherrypicking data. As I said, people with an agenda tend to do this. Whether it is the people on the left trying to compare us to norway or the people on the right trying to compare us to saudi arabia.
Re:Why a Universal Basic Income Would Be a Calamity
by posterboy on Sunday August 20, 2017 @12:08PM
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name calling is disenginious, too. Everyone has an agenda. People with a "wrong" agenda tend to use wrong methods to push it. But you imply malignance of a particular flavor without giving concrete evidence for the cause ... or giving due critique (edit: wait, there is critique, just not concerned with the conclusion). Granted, to claim low quality of content, none of that's needed.
It's a 600% increase compared to the US's 50% increase in the same time frame.
It's the same kind of dishonest cherrypicking of data to push your agenda. No different than when people try to compare norway to the US. What applies to a small racially homogenous scandinavian with tons of oil doesn't usually apply to a racially diverse continent sized nation like the US.
This is why my opinion on economics and newspapers have declined. Too much biased cherrypicking of data and too much agenda-pushing.