son of witless

I don't know. It sounds crazy to me, but I am open minded. Lets us hear from you left handers. Convince me.


https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/03/changing-newark-requires-bold-ideas-mayor-proposes-guaranteed-income-for-all.html

Kevyn

Alaska has a guerenteed personal income and if the politicians there took it away they would be strung up. Why not try it in other states?

son of witless

Interesting. I think you have misstated the Alaskan program. I understand it is more of a dividend to residents and not a guaranteed income. I doubt if it is enough to keep anyone out of poverty as the Newark program is designed to do. If I got it wrong please correct me.

At any rate, Alaska has an oil income stream to pay it's dividend. Tell me just where the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey will get his income stream to play Santa Claus ?

MarvinSussman

EXTREME POVERTY !! GOOD BYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE !!

Computers, robots, and artificial intelligence are displacing humans at a growing pace. People will always design business systems but there will be few jobs making or delivering. Caregivers of the young, old, and sick will be assisted by computers and robots. Construction will be automated and installed by robots directed by humans. Eventually, industry will need much less than half of our working-age population. When the majority is jobless, on what will it live?

Two answers are Universal Basic Income and Job Guarantee. The UBI is a debit card refilled monthly to supply necessities. The JG is a locally-managed employment agency that hires the jobless, even the partially disabled, and, after any necessary training, assigns them to local tasks requested by any government or qualified NPO. For both proposals, the usual fringe benefits comparable to industry would be provided. (Free healthcare for all would simplify the hiring process for industry as well.) Both programs would be financed by Congress, eliminating SNAP, unemployment benefits, and all similar spending.

The UBI would serve the fully disabled; the JG would pay workers some minimum wage. Thus, industry will lose its current reserve army of unemployed and gain a reserve army of employed possessing the dignity of work. Employers will attract JG workers with pay a step higher than the minimum wage and will raise current wages enough to maintain their staff but that’s normal for a booming economy. Price levels will rise with the minimum wage so the UBI and the JG wage may turn out to be skimpy. Most minimum wage workers look for better jobs.

The unemployed are already here and more are coming. Work awaits them, and federal money is always available. Yes, unions will complain when governments have JG workers filling potholes and NPOs are doing healthcare. Other problems not obvious now will arise but they will NOT include potholes or unemployment or extreme poverty. We will make adjustments, survive, and maybe thrive.

The majority will be jobless but will be educated and able to vote. As will their parents, relatives, and friends. UBI and JG are coming! Get used to the idea.

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son of witless

I disagree. New jobs eventually open up. Capitalism first destroys, then it creates jobs. We have labor shortages right now. How is that possible when robots are replacing people ?

Liberty Tree

Yes, but people would actually have go to school or get on the job training for the new jobs. Democrats would rather they be able to stay home, not work, get free income and vote for them.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Yes, from what I have read it is a dividend and depends on the price of oil. Not that the "Progressives" care a bit about the truth.

badbob85037

So when all these job opportunities come to Newark there shouldn't be a need to pay all the ones living in poverty for all this time also the same time it has been ran by democrats. Because they will be all living the good life unless the democrats want them to stay in poverty just giving them a bigger piece of everyone else's pie. I can see how that would be appealing to the worthless, the lazy, and the 'you owe mes'.Throw in a large tax return to these slugs and the food stamps will be buying nothing but Twinkies and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

badbob85037

And government will control all. We all live happily ever after, bla, bla, bla.

son of witless

No Scumocrats want them to go to college for reeducation into Kommie Group think. Right now we need old fashioned trade schools. Machinists, plumbers, welders, electricians, Truck and Bus drivers, etc. These jobs went away under the Village Idiot Obama. Now we need these trades again. People who work for a living and get their hands dirty are not out protesting and burning down neighborhoods, like what happened under Barry the Village Idiot.

People need well paying blue collar jobs, not a Guaranteed Income from the guvment. If Newark ever stopped voting Scumocrat, just maybe perhaps companies might come there and hire folks.

Betta

Financed by congress? Congressional financing is taxpayer money. Who do you think pays congress? We do!

Wonttakeitanymore

There was a her haw skit that said Elmer why don’t u let the dog out to see if it’s raining! That’s the welfare rats, it’s real cool that they have automatic deposit on their ebt cards

badbob85037

No frigin way am I paying those crooks to rip me off! Insider trading, no arrested or charges for sexual harassment, take bribes, stab each other in the back when not slicing each other throat. No Social Security for these piss ants and sure no affordable care for them. No one pays someone to cheat them and rob them blind

Mikeyavelli

Alaskans get oil revenue money.
You want to give my money to the parasites who are too lazy and stoned out to work.

badbob85037

Making these worthless bums work would be just like slavery so you are going to need a good cracker to motivate these worthless slugs.