I love the idea of UBI, but I worry about capitalists slurping up all the money if this is indeed done with the “U” (Universal) in mind.
I think it needs to be paired with a pretty steep tax on the top end, so yes - maybe Mr. Monopoly suddenly raises rent rates as much as the UBI on his tenants, but he’s being taxed heavily on that, and the money is being funneled back down to the bottom which will raise UBI. It needs to be a losing proposition for Mr. Monopoly.
We just went through an inflation cycle where most every business decided en masse to raise prices to increase profits and no other particular reason. We need to be taxing corporations as well, so that actual eating & breathing “people” can live.
New Yorkers who said they couldn’t approach the case fairly were excused during jury selection. But one of the women with the harshest assessments of him will be among those who will determine his fate on 34 counts of falsifying business records....
From Aral Balkin: “I don’t understand why everything is so fucked up and we seem incapable of fixing any of it!” This is because you believe you live in a democracy when you actually live under capitalism. (And it is functioning exactly as designed.) PS. Not your fault; you’ve been taught your whole life that the two are complementary when they’re diametrically-opposed. #capitalism#versus#democracy
How is the size of Lemmy’s userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?...
Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year....
We’ve already established a line that some weapons are too dangerous for the general public. I wonder why states can’t draw the line of what weapons it considers are too dangerous.
The Supreme Court just this week made it much harder to collectively protest in three states, which is also in the First Amendment. So I think you’re argument is moot.
You’re right, it’s bad to restrict speech rights, but the law should be applied equally to gun rights.
Melania Trump makes low-profile return to campaign trail with LGBT fundraiser (www.independent.co.uk)
Some young people see Trump as an answer to their economic woes (www.reuters.com)
Seattle gave low-income residents $500 a month no strings attached. Employment rates nearly doubled. (finance.yahoo.com)
A Seattle basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month, nearly doubling employment rates....
Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him (apnews.com)
New Yorkers who said they couldn’t approach the case fairly were excused during jury selection. But one of the women with the harshest assessments of him will be among those who will determine his fate on 34 counts of falsifying business records....
Are things just shittier or are we more aware of shittiness?
fucking beautiful. almost a year into the 'verse and its starting to become more functional than that R place... better than i imagined. (cdn.catsweat.com)
Oklahoma man arrested after authorities say he threw a pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Massachusetts (apnews.com)
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Non-smokers in the 1970s and 1980s, how the hell did you survive the second hand smoke?
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Conservative SCOTUS Justices: Why isn't DOJ treating Dobbs protesters like January 6 attackers? (www.motherjones.com)
Donald Trump's collateral in $175m bond revealed (www.newsweek.com)
What's your fave movie of all time that you love to recommend to people?
For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
Taking CO2 out of the air would be an absurdly expensive way to fight climate change (www.theverge.com)
Semiautomatic firearm ban passes Colorado's House, heads to Senate (apnews.com)
Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year....
VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)