Board 8 > Would you collect welfare if the information was public?

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red_sox_777
02/15/23 3:47:34 AM
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Would you collect welfare if the information was public?


The hypothetical is: anyone will be able to collect up to $1,500 per month in welfare (tax-free), regardless of income or wealth. The welfare will be paid in cash. However, your name, photo, town/city of residence, and welfare amount collected (current and lifetime cumulative) will be placed on a public website showing all welfare recipients.

Would you take the money?

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Psycho_Kensou
02/15/23 5:18:41 AM
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Calling it welfare is stupid. You know that. It's a universal basic income, the thing Andrew Yang ran on several years back, and it would help the country a lot. It would even help someone like you. You probably need that money more than the average B8er does. I'm a property owner, and I wish my tenants had a guaranteed income. If there was an UBI, I think I could double the property I have to rent out.

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AriaOfBolo
02/15/23 7:52:55 AM
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sounds like a good way to get stabbed

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Steiner
02/15/23 8:39:20 AM
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AriaOfBolo posted...
sounds like a good way to get stabbed

how so?

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Psycho_Kensou
02/15/23 8:49:01 AM
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Steiner posted...
how so?
Yeah, I'd actually want to know the answer to this question.

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banananor
02/15/23 11:32:46 AM
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of course. the less taboo you make social services, the better

might as well ask if you'd renew your driver's license if the renewal information was public


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