The unfortunate thing is people on our own team listen to uneducated voices about economic solutions & perspectives and in desperation, they ignore the most important things. I mean absolutely VITAL things that are gonna really have far reaching & extremely negative consequences.
Never underestimate the power of an uneducated herd, galloping in precisely the wrong direction based on the absolute right sensibilities however with absolutely destructive consequences.

The #UBI or Universal Basic Income is a false promise.
I have long been a proponent of a Universal Basic Needs approach because the government can absorb any price shocks or costs that may be associated with a lack of production or dealing with gouging and hording.
People have elected to listen to voices that have got the story as wrong as can be because the allure of quick cash is intoxicating.
Without a Federal Job Guarantee and universal services guarantee, we are left with a hollow, capitalists wet dream of becoming consumption units without any leverage or power. This will force a shift to a Silicon Valley plutocrat approach of the gig economy to survive.
This is precisely not what families need. The insecurity if contract work and Gig based employment is a sham and once again, put the pressure and responsibility solely on the individual further exacerbating inequality and destroying the last vestiges of the social safety nets.
We are heading in a horrific direction led by short-circuiting the empirical & scientific method. 1 based in bumper sticker logic & sold, 1 spoonful at a time, just like the right-wing buzzwords that are tough to beat back & seem correct on the surface but are absolutely wrong.
I am sad to see how desperate people have been allowed to become and the wickedness of creating the false narrative that 'there is no alternative" to drive folks towards a shallow vision of a Universal Basic Income.
I am all about the Federal Government bailing out we the people. Those bail outs are best when they include rights. Legal rights. Legal claims to healthcare. Legal claims to education. Legal claims to shelter and public transportation.
Legal claims to accessing the information superhighway with free Internet as a public utility. Nationalize Sustainable energy and Fossil Fuel Industry. Make Childcare a right. Make sick leave paid, period and paid by the Federal Government at full benefit.
Expand Social Security to address those who cannot or will not work. Create a Legal Right to a Job... A Federal Job Guarantee is absolutely vital to preventing the gig economy from becoming our new norm.
During a crisis... The government could stop bill collection. It could direct pay energy bills. It could immediately cancel student debt. It could immediately stop mortgage payments.
$500 or $1000 are a pittance and fools gold... And fools will rush in. Corporations have even more power than they ever had and society will deteriorate and become even more feral and desperate than anyone can imagine in their rush for cash.

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