It’s wrong to tell someone without boots that if they pull themselves up by their bootstraps, they can go get a job so they can buy some boots. UBI is money that enables ALL work. It’s bootstraps for all. It’s economic JUSTICE. It’s long overdue. #MLKDaypic.twitter.com/iUgEQTo30E
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) January 20, 2020
Kategorie: Scott Santens
„Why are Democrats some of the biggest critics of the Freedom Dividend?“
Why are Democrats some of the biggest critics of the Freedom Dividend as proposed by @AndrewYang? I answered that question recently on @nerdsforyang. In short, it's based on not understanding how UBI works and wanting to believe conditional welfare works.https://t.co/ykPCDpKcvs
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) December 14, 2019
„I like it because I feel more independent…“
Stockton basic income recipient: „I like it because I feel more independent, I feel more like I’m in charge, like I really have something that’s my own.“https://t.co/JPZaYYJfRh#BasicIncome #FreedomDividend #YangGang pic.twitter.com/h8tBeQ087H
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) 20. Dezember 2019
Whoopi Goldberg supports Andrew Yang and Universal Basic Income
There is no going back for @WhoopiGoldberg. She is full on #YangGang now and using her celebrity to push the idea of universal basic income at the events she attends. Here’s her with @RuPaul at #DragCon Yanging the audience and reminding them all to vote.pic.twitter.com/Wf99ei2mk6
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) 6. Oktober 2019
„What I have done I have done because it has been play“
"What I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it… The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all… The product of slavery, intellectual or physical, can never be great."—Mark Twainhttps://t.co/IZtsudMXoy pic.twitter.com/ySbnZNwMjt
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) September 17, 2019
Increasing income by reducing taxes or by Basic Income?
Pretty much every Republican ever: "If you vote for me, I will increase your income by reducing your taxes."
Media: "Sound legit."
Yang: "Here's $1000/mo. Do anything you want with it. I'd rather change lives for the better than spend it on advertising."
Media: "Sounds fishy." https://t.co/7UIIy5wiGK
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) September 13, 2019
Scott Santens on Bernie Sanders claim: economic security ceases our ability to work
It never ceases to amaze me to watch someone like Bernie claim that unconditional economic security somehow diminishes our ability and desire to work and that we need to continue withholding money from people to coerce them into selling their labor.
Also: https://t.co/j3YIXbVq1E https://t.co/J4urJxQHFu
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) August 27, 2019
Siehe auch hier.
„The Cost of Universal Basic Income is the Net Transfer Amount, Not the Gross Price Tag“…
…ein Beitrag von Scott Santens, der angesichts der häufig anzutreffenden Milchmädchenrechnungen zu den Kosten eines Bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen auf Missverständnisse hinweist. Auch andere haben auf diese Fehlrechnungen schon hingewiesen, siehe hier.
„There is No Policy Proposal by Any 2020 Presidential Candidate More Progressive than Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend“…
…schrieb Scott Santens schon im Juli auf Medium.
„Our job is to get resources to people“
"Our job is to get resources to people in need and then to let them run their own lives."—Nixon in his own words arguing for a basic income guarantee in 1969
More history in this thread: https://t.co/JxfQTMIseW#BasicIncome #YangGang pic.twitter.com/e7Pmnt5Chf
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 3, 2019