http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/establishment-proposes-have-the-government-give-every-adult-a-basic-income_11182013
We discussed earlier that if each man, woman, and child had been given $1 million, that would have been half of what it cost for the Obamacare website. The idea in general is good, but "to spend as they want" may be a bit too liberal. There probably should be some accountability that the money would first and foremost go to things the federal gov't has been paying... like food, housing, medical care.
How to fund? They act like there's no money. They don't need to raise taxes. How about stopping the wastage and the black ops programs? And making the Pentagon accountable for the money it spends? How about no more lavish parties and trips at taxpayer's expense? Start taxing pot. Also, stop sending money to countries around the world, except in humanitarian crises. Stop all the &*@% wars.
As Judd Hirsch so memorably said in Independence Day, "What? Do you really think the gov't pays $50 for a toilet seat, $80 for a hammer?"
The bottom line is that this country wastes so much more money than doing something like this would take. Perhaps $1 Million is too much per person. What about $1 Million per family, put in trust to be metered out for basic living and health care expenses.
What do you think? Then everyone could have medical insurance that they like, everyone would have a decent standard of living, no one would go hungry. Speaking of medical insurance, would we need to continue with that paradigm? What about making medicine a not-for-profit industry and lowering the costs? Maybe have high deductible/catastrophic insurance for expensive treatments? Or, how about cleaning up our food and water and air, and start using more natrual medicines to lower the incidence of disease?
So many things to consider, but we certainly could be doing things differently. And better.
