mageganker

This needs to be answered. I'm in the same boat, haven't worked a real job in years. The last interviewer asked if I was in jail...

The wealth gap is out of control and every year it gets bigger.

It's been said that America is an oligarchy instead of a democracy. If that's the case, no government, conservative or liberal, will ever authorize any redistribution of wealth or any modifications to the capitalist system that keeps them in power.

Do you think that a switch to a fairer system can be accomplished peacefully? How?

What can an ordinary citizen do if their vote is meaningless and nobody in the government represents their interests?

The most common stonewall argument I hear is "How do we pay for this?"

Some people want to hear more than a broad explanations of eliminating inefficiencies in distributing social aid, removing tax cuts for "job creation," and taxing the ultra rich.

So my question is: Do you know of any countries that have outlined a precise budget, that shows how exactly how a basic income would be paid for? What programs would be cut, what the total cost would be, potential savings in police and health care costs, etc.

Also, which system do you think would be the best to implement, a basic income, a guaranteed minimum income, or a negative income tax?

I have a friend who hates working but could teach a course on how to get a job, that's how good he is at interviewing. But he always quits after a few months, because he doesn't like working.

The workforce is filled with sociopaths who aren't working because they want to, they're working because they have to.

So they lie on their resume, they ask worthless questions in job interviews so they can sound smart, and they fill the positions of honest people who want to contribute.

Basic income gives the sociopaths an out, and frees up their jobs for people who are genuinely interested in working that particular job, and thus will perform better.

Why should middle-class people with good careers care about helping the poor?

Historically they never really have. So what's in it for them? Why should they support this?