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Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party by native_samples on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:37AM (#28774428)
No wonder Yang got nowhere. This list isn't really a list of policies at all, it's a set of vague truisms that hardly anyone would disagree with but which can't be obviously turned into any sort of implementation.

And what sort of libertarian party supports UBI?! How would that ever be implemented without massive levels of top-down coercion and taxation? No analysis I've ever seen says it can be self-funding as was once claimed. If that's really their position then no wonder they don't accrue any influence.

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Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party by brightball on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @12:05PM (#28774742)
UBI as a means of eliminating and consolidating most other government welfare programs under a single umbrella. It would eliminate a ton of federal agencies and bloat in the process.

Additionally, having it conditionally tied to overall government spending so that excess spending cuts into UBI would ensure that every American at any level has a reason to combat new government spending and inflation.

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Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party by jessaustin on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:49AM (#28774584)
It seems there is a divide between libertarians who support liberty and libertarians who would like government to be even deeper in the pockets of billionaires.
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