Why Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'

If they don’t want money to be a birthright they should make it so money isn’t necessary to stay alive

If you aren’t desperate, they can’t exploit you

Stephanie Hendon, 34, lived in a shelter while her husband was living on the street, making it difficult for them to raise their four kids. After a year of payments from the Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot, she had a three-bedroom apartment, a new car, clothes for her children, a new job, and new financial strategies for the future.

This is what GOap fights against: The literal improvement of peoples existence.

Never vote Republican. They hate you!

Survival is a birthright you absolute fucking vultures. We made money a requirement for that.

UBI is the perfect capitalist solution to the majority of problems. It should allow for less market distortion and could have some really interesting outcomes.

I'm very excited to see a first world country use UBI.

That an externalities can go a long, long way in this world.

"Money isn't a birthright" says political faction in favor of tax-free inheritance for its filthy rich members. More at 11:00.

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How else are you supposed to stabilize a highly-developed postindustrial economy with increasingly rare opportunities to get ahead for most of the population? Didn't you people read your Friedrich Hayek?

'Is money a birthright now?'

Only for some. Or are we outlawing inheritances as well?

Sorry, helping the poor is too Christ-like for Republicans.

I'm a Lifelong Republican and I LOVE how the Republican Party is a CHAMPION for the Working Class! Money is NOT a Birthright unless you're already super rich and then it's OK to suck at the Government's Teat!

we could have been living in a utopia 20 years ago or further back even but one thing stands in the way - conservatives. the solution is simple.

Is money a birthright now?

No but there are a lot of birthrights which are increasingly only available if you have money.

The system used to be to give those things away for free to people who can't afford them - but that's changing. Just giving money to poor people is far easier.

How do you live in Louisiana and not realize your government hates you

Please, ban it. I dare you. When other states introduce UBI, watch people across the political spectrum leave for greener pastures.

Why people are fighting the unlimited inheritance right heirs have: 'Is money a birthright now?'

They do realize all that UBI eventually filters up to their capitalist overlords.

They are not that dumb. (Tuberville nonwithstanding)

They just like to fuel the culture wars, and to divide and conquer.

UBI will ultimately end up in the pockets of landlords, shareholders and offshore wealth funds anyway. Sort out the inequality first, then do it.

Of course it is. But only if you have rich parents.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In the past year, Arizona, Iowa, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin legislators have introduced bills to ban income programs, arguing they are too costly and could make participants too reliant on the government.

GOP Rep. Lupe Diaz, who authored the bill, specifically attacked a 2022 Phoenix program that gave $1,000 to 1,000 low-income families each month for a year, pulling from federal relief funds.

The Arizona news comes shortly after Iowa GOP state Rep. Steve Holt introduced a bill banning basic-income programs, which he called "socialism on steroids" at a recent hearing.

GBI programs "undercut the dignity in earning a dollar, and they're a one-way ticket to government dependency," Republican state Sen. John Wiik, the bill's sponsor, said at a February committee meeting.

Bettencourt noted that Uplift Harris, which received over 48,000 applications within the first three days, could violate a section of the Texas constitution stating the legislature cannot give counties the authority to grant public money for individual aid.

Ivanna Neri, senior director of partnerships at UpTogether, which partnered with Austin for the pilot, told BI that attempts to ban basic-income projects don't often consider that these programs could have long-term impacts on wealth inequality and could power the economy.

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Social security for all!

The alternative is "You can't afford to live? Then die." Or arguably worse, "Here, we'll give you a pittance so that you don't actually die, at least not immediately, but your life will be brutish and short, and treat you as though you're beholden to us."

Iowa has been dealing with automation and outsourcing problems for a long time. I’m surprised that the farming families aren’t asking for UBI. Considering how farming subsidies have been in place for decades it wouldn’t even be a big stretch.

Always has been

'Is money a birthright now?'

Hasn’t it always been, either directly or indirectly?

Now? When was it not?

"Small government" for us librul peasants but not for them.

Because the Koch brothers pay them for that?

If money isn't a birthright, Republicans should drop their opposition to inheritance tax.

Is money required to deal with Republicans ?

UBI is interesting but I find that if you’re a free market traditional capitalist, its existence (as well as welfare) is kind of a distortion of market functions. The US in general seems reticent to collectivism as a concept, otherwise welfare and SS would not be looked at as a “I paid for this” entitlement. Now, the real question to ask politicians is if income inequality is a problem? I’d wager many in private would say no.