It's a proposed (not active or current) federal program of income redistribution in the form of a guaranteed income for all people, for those working and not working. For example, everyone in the US would be guaranteed an income of say $25,000 for a family of four. I'm sure the government would set ...

Since we've been talking alot about poverty...does anyone have any thoughts about establishing a guaranteed national income as a strategy against poverty?

Does anyone here think Obama is a progressive? I don't think so. I know there are a lot of self-described progressives that are furious with him. Thomas Sowell likens him to Woodrow Wilson who was definitely a progressive. On a slightly different note, I didn't even know there was a Progressive Cau...

Cagliostro wrote:Quitter

lol

lucimay wrote: as i said elsewhere, i had high hopes for the obama administration.
i now have no hope at all. for ANY administration.

That makes me so sad. But that's how I feel too.

Does anyone here think Obama is a progressive?

Avatar wrote:Sorry, misread it. Thought you'd said "would you believe you had."

--A

I wouldn't put it pass myself to write it wrong. I read it like three times to make sure.

I used to be a liberal.

Avatar wrote:It's not whether you believed you'd earned it, it's whether anybody else would.

--A

I thought that's what I said, only in question form.

Ki wrote:Even if you had earned it, who would believe you had?

At 16, my parents told me that if I wanted anything above the basics (food, shelter, basic clothing), I'd need to pay for it by myself from then on. That was when I got my first job and really starting learning the consequences of the decisions I made with the money I earned. It seemed harsh at the...

Gone with the Wind

Seconded

I nominate Zarathustra's

Be true

I would hate to be one of the women who landed one of those positions. Even if you had earned it, who would believe you had? I bet you'd have to work even harder on the board to get any kind of respect or get your opinions heard. If you can't earn something by on your own, then what's the damn point.

I actually get my news from a wide variety of sources. I'm kind of a news hound though. I spend way too much time watching and reading the news. Among those sources is Fox News.

Fox is killing their competition in the ratings. It's not just Republicans who are watching Fox anymore. Fox the most trusted name in news? Raleigh, N.C. – A new poll asking Americans whether they trust each of the major television news operations in the country finds that the only one getting a pos...

Oh, and just to give a nod to the topic: I'm not sure that cell phones are a right, but I can easily see them being a necessity. Well, thanks. :) Part of the reason why I titled the topic as I did was to draw attention to the fact that the cell phone company that (probably) lobbied for the program ...

I'd like to nominate, The Audacity of Arrogance thread started by Cail (sorry, I don't know how to link it).

Mod edit: added link ~m.

So, Syl, my story didn't change your perspective at all?

I think Ki is saying "Do you think the gov't is expecting the recipients to learn the lesson about working, money and consequences?" from the previous post. And of course, it isn't and wasn't intended too [but as things stand, some way has to be found to address the issue.] [sorry for spe...

At 16, my parents told me that if I wanted anything above the basics (food, shelter, basic clothing), I'd need to pay for it by myself from then on. That was when I got my first job and really starting learning the consequences of the decisions I made with the money I earned. It seemed harsh at the...

When I was a teenager, my best-friend at the time told me that when she grew up, she wanted to be on welfare so she didn't have to work. Her mom was also on welfare. It's a vicious cycle. Where does "charity" end and "a sense of entitlement" begin? That's a good question. For me...