tintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhy Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1391arrow-down1external-linkWhy Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'www.businessinsider.comtintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square118fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·9 months agoPlease, ban it. I dare you. When other states introduce UBI, watch people across the political spectrum leave for greener pastures.
minus-squareHugucinogens@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months agoExcept for the poor, who don’t have the money to move, and who need it the most.
minus-squareTransporter Room 3@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoYeah there’s several states I’d move to if I could move my job there and I already had guaranteed affordable housing. Unfortunately neither of those things are ever likely to be true, certainly not at the same time. I can’t afford to move.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAt which point, I wonder if the political representation would improve.
Please, ban it. I dare you. When other states introduce UBI, watch people across the political spectrum leave for greener pastures.
Except for the poor, who don’t have the money to move, and who need it the most.
Yeah there’s several states I’d move to if I could move my job there and I already had guaranteed affordable housing.
Unfortunately neither of those things are ever likely to be true, certainly not at the same time. I can’t afford to move.
At which point, I wonder if the political representation would improve.