Haven't had time to listen to the podcast but love to discover another
UBI opponent!
I am convinced that UBI is one of the worst ideas ever.
Now I have to listen to the podcast... :-D
Best,
Lene
On 07-10-2019 23:02, nysa71 wrote:
> I am thoroughly opposed to Yang based on just his awful UBI and VAT
> ideas alone. Basically, it's just neoliberalism dressed up as
> progressivism, and is nothing but a Trojan Horse that'll ultimately
> hurt the poor and working class.
>
> A standalone UBI would most certainly be inflationary, which hurts the
> poor the most. But he proposes tethering the UBI to a VAT which,
> (besides being a bureaucratic nightmare), is ultimately regressive,
> since such a tax would be passed onto consumers by embedding it within
> the final price of goods.
>
> So essentially, the poor will end up paying for the UBI with the UBI.
>
> On top of that, Yang's proposal will ultimately be used as a
> /justification/ for cutting other social programs, (e.g., Social
> Security, SNAP, etc.)
>
> I 100% support the Federal Job Guarantee as an alternative --- a much
> a more solid macroeconomic proposal. A full employment program.
> Federally funded, but locally managed. Since dollars are added to the
> economy coupled with real output, there's minimal inflationary risk.
> And it's a counter-cyclical, automatic stabilizer, (as opposed to the
> UBI, a pro-cyclical, automatic de-stabilizer).
>
> Yang's ideas aren't just wrong. They're dangerous.
>
> ~ Jason Bessey
>
> On Monday, October 7, 2019, 12:22:55 PM EDT, Helen Wu
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> I just want to say that Andrew Yang is awesome.
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 8:01 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Hi TOK List,
>
> I visited my brother Mark over the weekend and we were talking
> about new political movements and he shared with me this
> freakeconomics podcast by Andrew Yang, which I found to be of
> interest:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__freakonomics.com_podcast_andrew-2Dyang_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=1fts_y1mT7jHfJGpuza1FszRs4f8dqXNSlwW9pVGw0g&s=EgamChHZh2ufJGWZHUgX8_W5n2NIx93i-c3pUE7kc-Y&e=
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__freakonomics.com_podcast_andrew-2Dyang_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=J5WqvYx-y9_Nl0ucd7CVHt3C-cLi8pNq9tVAvBXwyaQ&s=Se-OexG4oDoZXAAVDg2fAQGk2u1TFKQTcxwTLjt7__g&e=>,
> so I thought I would share.
>
> Best,
> Gregg
>
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