I’m kind of merging two posts here because I didn’t think either could stand on it’s own, don’t worry, I intend to ruffle some feathers for the weekend so this is just me thinking about universal basic income (UBI) and why there aren’t more posts in the penthouse or basement.

UBI is the idea that instead of/in addition to welfare payments in various form, people are given a flat income which they can use for any purpose and would hopefully go back in the economy.  This has many forms including a citizens dividend (already in place in Alaska) or a payment only to those below a certain threshold of income or assets.  I have no thoughts about how this should be implemented since it would require some trial and error but I will tell you one thing: it is coming.

Whether Trump or Hillary gets elected is immaterial to if UBI will happen but I think if Hillary gets elected it this is going to happen within her second term (as if she gets elected now the second term is a lock because of her “fuckery,” to quote fly.)  This is because truck drivers are one of the biggest sources of employment for the USA and those jobs will go away fairly soon with automation of driving.  With all those unemployed, something will be needed for Hillary to get her votes, and it will literally be a transfer to the unemployed, hopefully with one of her banker friends getting a fee on each payment card.  Trump, I believe, will try to empower workers to self determinism so it may not be rolled out in his term/s if he gets elected.

Now onto Trump’s Penthouse and Barry’s Basement.  I thought there would be more posting activity here.  I don’t want to bury any others posts but I don’t know, I’m trying to limit posts to once a day but with these blogs being temporary until election day, there are some things I want to try to get out.  I was thinking about posting twice a day but now it’s obvious once a day will be way more than enough.  I’m glad to be here I never thought 100 random people, at least, would be interested in anything I had to say.  So let me know if there’s anything specific I could post about from the POV of a liberal Trump voter.

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