Andrew Yang seems pretty awesome

Money from tax cuts are also "spent and put back into the economy", yet the libbies always rail against them. Libbies can't be consistent about anything. 🙄

Let's apply some proper ridicule.

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Trump, Republicans Ridiculed As Federal Deficit, $3.7 Trillion Spending Hit Record Highs

Quote: Shrek

Money from tax cuts are also "spent and put back into the economy", yet the libbies always rail against them. Libbies can't be consistent about anything. 🙄

If Trump can balance the budget, sure I support tax cuts
but
If tax cuts mean the govt cant pay their bills and the deficit goes up, then we cant afford them

Quote: terapined

If tax cuts mean the govt cant pay their bills and the deficit goes up, then we cant afford them

So then we can't afford UBI either, thank you very much.

Quote: Shrek

So then we can't afford UBI either, thank you very much.

I never said I supported UBI
I'm a registered republican voter that's a fiscal conservative.
I strongly believe that we should all live under a balanced budget
but
The budget is exploding under Trump
Why vote republican if its the spend spend spend party. Its fiscally irresponsible.

Ironic that it's Republicans opposing a program to end welfare and create wealth by putting more people in the work force.

Quote: Wizard

Ironic that it's Republicans opposing a program to end welfare and create wealth by putting more people in the work force.

How does it "create wealth?" All it does is redistribute. I do not see how it puts people back in the workforce, either. We already have the problem of hard to fill low end jobs because people would rather sit on the dole than work entry level.

Quote: kenarman

Go and make sure you understand what Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is and then come back and tell me how you can give that away. As a starting point the current total federal budget is 21% of GDP.

I understand what GDP is. But you still aren’t explaining how UBI is “giving away” GDP.

Quote: AZDuffman

How does it "create wealth?" All it does is redistribute. I do not see how it puts people back in the workforce, either. We already have the problem of hard to fill low end jobs because people would rather sit on the dole than work entry level.

The system now rewards these people to sit on the dole. If they work, they get removed from the dole. In other words, they are punished for working. Under a UBI, they will think, I get barely enough to live on for free, but if they will have an incentive to work because they will get to keep what they make.

Plus, everybody who previously work for any welfare agency can find a job that produces a product or service.

Quote: Wizard

The system now rewards these people to sit on the dole. If they work, they get removed from the dole. In other words, they are punished for working. Under a UBI, they will think, I get barely enough to live on for free, but if they will have an incentive to work because they will get to keep what they make.

Plus, everybody who previously work for any welfare agency can find a job that produces a product or service.

I agree on the first part. Not so much on the second. The lazy will remain lazy. The "welfare trap" does exist, but there is a class of people who is choose life at substance level over work. On a higher level, have you ever worked with that person who just would not take any OT when offered? Not for other commitments, but they just did not want it. This is hard for those of us with ambition to understand, but they are out there.