Comment on In today's term what is the middle class in the US? If the government wanted to help the middle class and poor how would they go about it? Beside the toss money at the problem solution?

Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What countries have UBI?

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  • Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, my point was on healthcare and school mostly … But many countries tried some form of UBI, and mostly failed tough.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Failed how? Everything I heard from various trials was massively positive, it’s just that people refuse to vote for parties that would implement UBI for real.

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most civilized countries. Can’t you read?!

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That sounds like a money toss.

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is a money toss.
    Tossing money is how problems are solved. Heat goes out? Throw some money at it. Car breaks down? Kid can’t get into collage? Company not selling enough widgets? Country won’t sell you resources you want? Toss some money at it.

    Saying your looking for solutions that aren’t tossing money, shows a complete misunderstanding of how things work.

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  • Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s called a functional society…

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    • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cool cool. And they give it away for free? Cool cool.

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      • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wtf do you think taxes are supposed to pay for?

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      • Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Free?

        Have you ever heard of taxes? That’s the way a society should finance itself, by making sure that everybody contributes to it, proportionally to their means.

        Well, that’s the theory… Never really seen that implemented properly but…

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