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   Scott Santens (scottsantens@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 00:07:22 JST Scott Santens

   To all the supporters of universal basic income out there, what happened to make you support it even more after you already came to support it?

   For me it was learning the many dirty details of traditional welfare benefits and how programs like TANF are designed and treat people, and how many people in need they don't help.

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     Official Kakistocracy Jester 🪓 (ogjester@stranger.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 04:49:14 JST Official Kakistocracy Jester 🪓

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     @scottsantens As a U.S. railroader, I have a front row seat to watch how purist capitalists operate. I became an ardent supporter of UBI after I realized that the goal of any large shareholder-owned corporation is to have zero employees. They literally assign zero value to labor, and have said so publicly.

     They will eventually succeed in getting rid of all the good jobs, so I enthusiastically support taxing the shareholder class (the job destroyers) and distributing it through UBI.