tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post7642909654726252171..comments2023-09-28T06:33:11.190-07:00Comments on Chariot of Reaction: A Truly Outrageous GraphJehuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-14178044412646826382012-12-01T09:56:16.706-08:002012-12-01T09:56:16.706-08:00Jacob,
The point of citizen's dividends is tha...Jacob,<br />The point of citizen's dividends is that they go to everyone (who is a citizen of requisite age), not just to the lazy.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-63568890435571722652012-11-30T23:17:18.997-08:002012-11-30T23:17:18.997-08:00This was tried in Australia not too long ago by th...This was tried in Australia not too long ago by the ruling Labour Party. They gave $5000 to a limited number of unemployed to get them out of whatever predicament they were in that was restricting them from getting gainful employment. A review of the program a year later revealed that 70% of the recipients were still unemployed after nine months and that they'd spent the money on booze, cigarettes, pot and gambling as much as on food, clothing and children's toys. <br /><br />Giving the lazy and entitled a lump sum is a guarantee that half of it will be spent on vice, which serves only the peddlers and government through taxes. No different to a scratchie lottery ticket, really.Jacob Ian Stalknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-91935876938379583152012-11-30T16:04:18.398-08:002012-11-30T16:04:18.398-08:00Jacob,
The idea actually has a fair bit of support...Jacob,<br />The idea actually has a fair bit of support at both extreme ends of the spectrum. Murray has proposed something fairly similar, as have tons of hardcore Leftists. Alaska actually has a citizen's dividend. Even starting incrementally at a small level, like say $500 per citizen per year, has a good chance to crowd everything else out and get to the desired end state. I really wouldn't say its so much of an egalitarian idea but more of a pragmatic one. Once you have a substantial citizen's dividend in place---substantive enough that the median person's response to someone saying they need another transfer payment from the general society's pool is 'piss off', you can dump a LOT of things that impede employment.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-34407994213271215892012-11-28T13:32:12.854-08:002012-11-28T13:32:12.854-08:00A citizen's dividend of $10k? It will be a col...A citizen's dividend of $10k? It will be a cold day in Hades when such a truly egalitarian idea feels the breeze anywhere that matters.Jacob Ian Stalknoreply@blogger.com