it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI is already here.
basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc
bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives
extra bonus: if you are willing to commit fraud, pretend your kids are autistic and get paid for that. get paid for watching your neighbor's kid. pretend you are taking care of your grandma. fake hospice clinic. fake rehab clinic. fake therapy clinic.
giga bonus: during a time of crisis take advantage of PPP or CARES and open a fake business and get paid for existing
people are shocked when they learn that defense is the FIFTH largest line item in the budget. ahead of defense: social security ($1.6T), interest on debt ($1.1T) medicare ($1T), medicaid + ACA ($1T), AND THEN defense ($0.9T)
complain about defense all you like, but healthcare fraud is a way bigger factor. hundreds of billions per year.
this is only going to get worse, because the fraud is a structural part of the system – payouts to client groups in exchange for votes (normally D).
in the US, only 47% of the population actually works (fully 14% of the population is working age and does not work). retirees are 18% and children 22%.
the system I described above subsidizes 50m non-working people absolute minimum, but really it's far more because people that are paid to stay home and take care of their relatives are considered "workers"
of that 47% of "actual workers" maybe one third does real work, the rest are shuffling papers around or doing fake email jobs. so you have, rough math, 50 million actual workers supporting 300 million dependents. that's the nature of the economy today. it will only accelerate. eventually you will have 10 million using AI tools to do all the work and 340 million dependents.
the reason no one roots out the fraud is because it's the system that keeps our extremely fragile polity intact. the fraud is the UBI. the purpose of the system is what it does.
of course, it's a deeply unfair system, because you are allowed to commit fraud if you are a politically protected client group of the democrats. DOGE was killed faster than any government program ever, because it attempted to root out the fraud. if you are honest and unwilling to commit fraud, you are a huge loser in this system. your neighbor will have their mortgage subsidized by some government program. they will get favorable SBA loans due to DEI. they will open a fake hospice or autism clinic. they will get paid for taking care of their neighbor's kid and vice versa. the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable. if you are just trying to work an ordinary wagie job you are a huge sucker. you are paying 40-50% effective all in taxes to everyone else who is a net taker.
the sad part is because AI is such a substantial productivity boost, it will actually keep this system going for a while longer, and maybe in perpetuity. AI boosts the 15% of the population that is actually productive so much that the remaining 85% can coast by. no one in charge will change this because they can't think of anything else. the political costs of a real UBI program are too great and we don't have the money for it anyway. so we will keep this covert fraud-based UBI program running indefinitely. unfortunately, if you are an honest wagie, you lose.
@hodgetwins They chant death to America.
They invaded our embassy.
They kidnap our people.
They sponsor terrorism.
They have said time and time again that when they have nuclear capabilities they will use them on the United States.
Yes stop them.
NATO should have already. Useless nato.
🚨🔥 WHO'S BEHIND THE ANTI-ICE RIOTS IN LOS ANGELES? 🔥🚨
Hundreds took to the streets this weekend: blocking roads, attacking federal officers, even burning flags. But this wasn't "spontaneous outrage."
This was organized. Funded. Coordinated.
Here’s a breakdown of the groups, the money, and the people pulling the strings.
Patience as I assemble the thread and verify information in real time 👇🧵
🔥HOLY SHIT🔥
The Trump White House repurposed https://t.co/6vUofHmhjT to a website outlining how SARS-Cov-2 was a lab leak.
Trump and his administration know what happened and they are beginning the process of breaking it to the world.
Conspiracy theory no more!
BREAKING:🚨 IT’S HAPPENING: BIG PHARMA BOOTED FROM THE FDA 🚨
Dr. Marty Makary just did what millions have demanded for YEARS:
🗣️ “We’re removing Pharma members from the FDA Advisory Committee…
and we’re replacing them with patients and family caregivers.”
💥 NO MORE cozy backroom deals.
💥 NO MORE rubber-stamped approvals.
💥 NO MORE foxes guarding the henhouse.
📢 WHAT THIS MEANS:
⚠️ Big Pharma’s seat at the table is GONE.
⚠️ The voices of the PEOPLE are moving in.
⚠️ And for once, accountability is knocking at the door.
🔥 This is more than a policy change.
🔥 It’s a declaration of WAR on corruption.
The era of corporate capture is ending.
Let the healing begin.
🚨RFK Jr. just slammed the mainstream media for falsely claiming he said all autistic kids won’t be able to work or play sports.
“There are many kids with autism who are doing well.”
“They're holding down jobs, they're getting paychecks, and they're living independently.”
“I was specifically referring to the 25% of autistic children who are nonverbal.”
People mad for rfk speech but NOT mad at the reason children have autism. Clearly there are functioning people with autism. He is speaking for the ones who don’t have a voice.
Remember those "diploid masses" that looked like small eggs, found in the weird fog / chemtrails fallout sample from Dr. Jane Ruby? Well, I've been incubating the sample for about a week at human body temperature, in saline solution to mimic human chemistry. Guess what? THEY'RE HATCHING.
Time to stop these two and their evil foundations and organizations, once and for all.
Confiscate their assets and designate them as domestic terrorists. Use every legal charge the federal government can muster to ensure they never interfere again.
Do you want the Trump administration take action to stop their meddling?