The funny thing about that number is the immigration industry (resettlement services and all the requisite bureaucrats) costs around $50 billion a year.
We actually could have paid for everything by pausing immigration for the pandemic and laying off all the workers.
As happens to every other industry during a downturn, apart from the people who work for the government.
Instead we've just more-than-doubled what was already an upsetting amount of debt and invested a very small amount of it within the country; the rest of which was blown for International prestige.
Say what you want about the UBI commies but their dream could be realized if we did away with the entire immigration industry and stopped giving money to UN organizations.
It's actually doesn't cost as much as you'd think to take care of those who can't contribute, so long as you aren't blowing a shit ton of money on international goals and an expensive bureaucracy.
Communism didn't fail due to philosophy, it failed due to the administration.
The fact is that we could easily afford a basic income of $2000 a month for anyone out of work if it wasn't for the weight of our social service. More even, if we cut out all international spending.
A roof over your head, a used Hyundai Accent, and a meal in your belly should be the bare minimum for living in a country with resources likes ours.
We could provide all of that if our government would only smarten up.
The funny thing about that number is the immigration industry (resettlement services and all the requisite bureaucrats) costs around $50 billion a year.
We actually could have paid for everything by pausing immigration for the pandemic and laying off all the workers.
As happens to every other industry during a downturn, apart from the people who work for the government.
Instead we've just more-than-doubled what was already an upsetting amount of debt and invested a very small amount of it within the country; the rest of which was blown for International prestige.
Say what you want about the UBI commies but their dream could be realized if we did away with the entire immigration industry and stopped giving money to UN organizations.
It's actually doesn't cost as much as you'd think to take care of those who can't contribute, so long as you aren't blowing a shit ton of money on international goals and an expensive bureaucracy.
Communism didn't fail due to philosophy, it failed due to the administration.
The fact is that we could easily afford a basic income of $2000 a month for anyone out of work if it wasn't for the weight of our social service. More even, if we cut out all international spending.
A roof over your head, a used Hyundai Accent, and a meal in your belly should be the bare minimum for living in a country with resources likes ours.
We could provide all of that if our government would only smarten up.
Yea...UBI doesn’t work no matter how you spin it.
I’m not an economist but I know that “labour” is a pretty important variable in the equations.