Tag: UBI

• The American Dream Isn’t So Much “Success” As The Level Playing Field That Makes Success Possible

  American Exceptionalism is a very real thing. Let’s be crystal clear first what it isn’t: rich white guys and their money. That’s what rich white guys and their money want us to believe — that without them, America wouldn’t be America. That has always been top-of-the-line, the best-money-can-buy horse shit. Money has always played a…

  A L Katz

  November 11, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Racism, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, American Revolution, Bubonic Plague, E Pluribus Unum, L'Anse Aux Meaadows, Level Playing Field, Money, Pilgrims, UBI, Virginia Colony

• How We Think Of “Work” Doesn’t Work Anymore

  Back when I was a pup, way, way back in the ancient 1960’s, the “work” paradigm went something like this (assuming you made it to high school): “High School – College – Job At IBM Or Xerox Or Ford Motors For Life – Retirement At 65 – Death Not Too Long After If You’re Male,…

  A L Katz

  August 6, 2021

  Coronavirus, Culture, Freedom, Healthcare, Taxes, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  American Healthcare System, Gig Economy, Health Insurance, Livable Minimum Wage, Medicare, Minimum Wage, Retirement, Social Security, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Work

• Above All, The Whole Point Of Slavery Is Stolen Labor

  At its bottom line, slavery steals labor. That is, it refuses to PAY FOR labor, choosing to TAKE IT from the laborer instead. Yeah, sure — the slaver may have to feed, clothe and house his slaves, but these are all just the “costs of doing business”. At the end of the (working) day, the…

  A L Katz

  December 26, 2020

  American Exceptionalism, Election 2016, Election 2020, Freedom, Taxes, Trump, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  Costs Of Doing Business, Cotton, Hard Costs, Self-Government, Slavery, Stolen Labor, Sugar Cane, Surplus Value, Trickle Down Economics, UBI, Universal Basic Income

• Oh, The Irony — It Will Be Corrupt Conservatives Who Turn America Into A “Socialist Paradise”

  The only thing that scares a conservative more than “socialism” (their idea of it anyway) is diversity. Oh, they’ll tolerate diversity in the business they own. At the end of the day, they’ll happily pay minimum wage to whomever. But will they tolerate diversity in their country club — or worse, their neighborhood? Surely, you…

  A L Katz

  September 10, 2020

  Coronavirus, Election 2016, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Slavery, Treason, Trump, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  Andrew Yang, Capitalism, Conservative thinking, Crony Capitalism, Democratic Socialism, Slavery, Slavery and American Conservatives, Socialism, UBI

• So – Let’s Say We DO Have A Second American Civil War — Here’s What Might Happen

  Fact: on the day he resigned the presidency because of Watergate, Richard Nixon still drew a 29% approval rating. Though it was Republicans who literally went to the White House and told Nixon it was over, a huge chunk of their party membership didn’t agree. They wanted Nixon’s lawlessness to continue. Another fact: more than…

  A L Katz

  September 1, 2020

  American Exceptionalism, Climate Chamge, Election 2016, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Slavery, Trump

  American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Civil War, Heather Cox Richardson, Republican corruption, Richard Nixon, Robert Mueller, Trumpian States Of America, UBI, Watergate

• And How Exactly DOES One “Compromise” With Evil?

  

  Too much of the American news media still has it in their heads that “both sides do it”. Whatever rotten things Republicans do, plenty of reporters, before they get to the rotten things, will remind their audience that it’s not just Republicans who do this rotten thing, “both sides do it”. Got proof? Do both…

  A L Katz

  August 9, 2020

  American News Media, Election 2016, Republicanism, The Nature of Evil, Trump, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  American Journalism, American News Media, Both Sides Do It, Coronavirus Pandemic, Coronavirus Relief, Donald Trump, Evil, Republican corruption, Republicanism, UBI

• Pay People ‘To Do Nothing’? Actually, It Makes EVERYBODY Better Off – So Says THE DATA…

  The concept goes by a couple of variations on the theme of ‘Guaranteed Minimum Income’ or ‘Universal basic income’ (UBI). It is — strangely enough — a place where Extreme Progressive Left & Extreme Libertarian Right meet in a fond embrace; different reasons entirely but love is love, yeah? The concept sounds to the uninformed…

  A L Katz

  June 25, 2018

  Live Bullshit Free, New Ways of Thinking, Political Commentary, Uncategorized, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  Better Productivity, Common Ground, Great ideas, Guaranteed Minimum Income, Libertarian Policies, Progressive Policies, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Ways to end Poverty, Where Right & Left Meet