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Originally Posted by Robert Schunk
I basically agree with you yet I disagree that Yang is a dummy. His ideas need serious consideration, with caveats, as per the New York Times article Finland’s Basic Income Trial Boosts Happiness, but Not Employment https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/w...ic-income.html |
UBI needs serious consideration. Yang's idea of it is horribly flawed and not rooted in the political context that needs to happen before it can be implemented, and he doesn't understand what that political context is.
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Not so fast!
Sanders had the support of the American Working Class in 2016 (I should know, as I voted for him in the Rhode Island primary that year), but, since then, President Trump has renegotiated American trade out of the pit it had been in for many years, and, per the establishment Wall Street Journal: Life Expectancy Rises in U.S. for First Time in Four Years Lower mortality from cancer, accidents and unintentional injuries; drug overdose deaths fell 4% https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-ex...rs-11580398277
In other words, the American Working Class is no longer dying from establishment policies at the rate they had been, due to TRUMP! And if you believe that Sanders is some sort of Marxist who's going to lead the American Working Class to state power, think again: his support of illegal aliens and the franchise for criminal prisoners clearly shows his preference for what real Marxists call the lumpenproletariat over the Proletariat, which will NOT appeal to the actual Proletariat.
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Okay, now I know you're talking bullshit, yet I somehow get why you think that way as wrong as it is. Trump's trade deals will not lift the working class up, his administration actively work so that the rich get richer while using scapegoats such as immigrants to point the finger at. You've been scammed and I hope if it's between Bernie or Trump, you'll see that Bernie actually cares about your wellbeing and Trump does not.
And what's wrong with prisoners voting? Because you're punished for whatever crime by the state you should somehow lose a basic human right? What do you think would happen, all the prisoners would band together to vote in a pro-felony candidate? Nonsense.