Ariel Gardiner🧢

Accountant, writer, nomad, UBI advocate, lover of long sentences... and nachos. #IFollowBack

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#MAGA #Corruption
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I posted this over a year ago, but it's become much more relevant. #PoliticsToday

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When tf did Republicans become pro-Russia??

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@KissMeGently530 @AuthorJFuller Did you know there are people who are neither Democrat nor Republican?

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An important comment on Universal Basic Income (UBI).

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Salem’s new Guaranteed Income Program is changing lives with regular cash payments for low-income families.

Discover how local initiatives are paving the way for broader #UBI adoption!

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#PoliticsToday #Polling

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@CoTexican That feels like most of the process, yeah

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@RunWithFox These jersey numbers are not right

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@MichaelGWhiteJr @LauraLoomer Maybe you should read a book and figure out how US law works or just keep getting your information from these idiots and being confused

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Having lived both inside and outside the US, it does feel like the country's food supply is poisoned.
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@interesting_aIl Rising sea levels explained!

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@julie_kelly2 @MaxxPowr She was there on Jan 6, and then she left. What's the lie?

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@geostylegeo Well that sure is one way to think about it

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@reubonium @redditstatus You may have also been banned 🤷‍♂️

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Conventions are over, 10 weeks until the election. My prediction: Twitter is going to be an awful place for the next little while. Like, worse than normal. #PoliticsToday

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@Notcrucial Blocked him as well just to clear up some space on the hashtag😅

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@LanaLarge231742 @ShaneMCoughlin @JonMunitz UBI would be the social safety net. Better than a net, it would be a baseline floor that people don't fall below.

1000 times more effective and easier to administer than the current "safety net" that has more holes than a million bagels.

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@ShaneMCoughlin @JonMunitz @LanaLarge231742 Sure, you can print unlimited money. It's not exactly a sustainable option even if it hasn't failed yet.

But if one were to propose a federal UBI, congress would want some sort of fund raise to offset the cost. It could be set up to act outside of the federal budget like SS.

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@ShaneMCoughlin @JonMunitz @LanaLarge231742 You have no evidence that's its highly inflationary. If it did cause some inflation, which would be limited to certain markets with unfulfilled demand due to poverty, it would not outpace the UBI, so it would necessarily still increase the purchasing power for poor people.

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@ShaneMCoughlin @JonMunitz @LanaLarge231742 You've definitely proven that by saying it twice.

How progressive it is depends on if/what the funding mechanism is, but the poorest people will have the greatest benefit. That is the traditional definition of progressive when it comes to tax policy.