When a prominent libertarian scholar with the premiere conservative public policy think tank puts his credibility on the line for it and the Democrats -- none of them -- do, I'm sorry, Jed: There is something seriously amiss with the Democrats.
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > To be fair, Ed, the left wing fights the solution too. The solution being >> the unconditional basic income.. . . >> > > That is a little unfair to the left wing. The idea of an unconditional > basic income has been around for a while, but people only began taking it > seriously a few years ago. The movement in Switzerland is the first serious > effort to implement it. > > The left wing knows that advocating it would be a tremendous overreach at > present. The U.S. is a conservative country. There is no way an > unconditional basic income would pass. The left cannot even get single > payer universal healthcare. I do not know any Democratic politicians who > thought that was a realistic prospect. > > If many European countries pass an unconditional basic income, and it > works well, then there may a serious movement in favor of it in the U.S. At > present it is Utopian. > > - Jed > >
