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 > > ___________________________________________ > > Gregg Henriques, Ph.D. > Professor > Department of Graduate Psychology > 216 Johnston Hall > MSC 7401 > James Madison University > Harrisonburg, VA 22807 > (540) 568-7857 (phone) > (540) 568-4747 (fax) > > > /Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity./ > > Check out my Theory of Knowledge blog at Psychology Today at: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_blog_theory-2Dknowledge&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=1fts_y1mT7jHfJGpuza1FszRs4f8dqXNSlwW9pVGw0g&s=VygPh0TViNdbaoZ5Rjifv9dA0yX3DXmhkRiK0klRl1A&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_blog_theory-2Dknowledge&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=J5WqvYx-y9_Nl0ucd7CVHt3C-cLi8pNq9tVAvBXwyaQ&s=5u0ROnPA3Epx4lVrByNSyz9WH-jb_Eah4f9CAXkJpcQ&e=> > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:mailto:[log in to unmask]> or > click the following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:mailto:[log in to unmask]> or > click the following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:mailto:[log in to unmask]> or > click the following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1