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I'll assume you live more in the Oakland hills area, but many of the residents of your city moved to Stockton over the past 2 decades, while Jerry Brown was gentrifying. Many other people fled Stockton. The result was far more welfare recipients and illegals for every rural farmer.
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The mayor of Stockton, Calif. used to be an LP member back in the 90s, if I recall correctly. They would have a list in the LP News of all the elected officials.
So if I move to Stockton I get $500.00 a month???!!!
I'm on my way!
"The Patriarch"
Last edited by Brian4Liberty; 10-20-2017 at 11:10 AM.
"Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
"Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Pharma-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
"Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul
Proponent of real science.
The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.
For several years a lot of Bay Area people were buying affordable homes in the Central Valley and opting for a very long commute to work (maybe 2 hours one way?). New housing construction was rampant during the housing bubble. After the mortgages went upside down whole residential blocks in these areas might have two or three homes occupied.
Bitcoin fees are too high. And they would have to buy Bitcoin on the market.
They could create a whole new coin just for that. And accept taxes for it. The problem is kick starting such a coin with monthly inflation. Somehow the coin would have to have government value to make citizens not exchange it for Bitcoin right away on exchanges. Tricky.
They would use an named account based blockchain such as Bitshares. Money would be 100% trackable.
I don't see this being much different than raising the minimum wage.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
New Problem: The dollar isn't buying as much as it used to.
Solution: Give people more money.
We'll all be Zimbabwillionaires.
T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
We Are Running Out of Time - Mini Me
Originally Posted by Philhelm
Rewarding people for not contributing to the economy brings the economy to a halt. Appropriating worked-for dollars to those who do not work is an incentive for those who contribute to the economy to stop contributing. Where does the money for your UBI come from once nobody is creating any value?
It's a slippery slope. People are not getting richer if there is no wealth being created.UBI greases the economy. The UBI is spent and money moves around making people richer and increases tax revenues.
Paying people who aren't running around doing things is not how you get people to run around and do things.Don't people understand that the economy is just people running around doing things?
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I thought the concept of UBI was providing basic income to displaced workers due to automation. How many of those receiving this UBI were actually displaced? Or is it just another transfer of wealth from the productive to the non-productive?
Reminds me of a quote I saw long ago. something like "when people realize they vote to receive money the republic is dead" Something to that effect, from Orwell? maybe?
The Creature from Jekyll Island:
We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!
I've seen it attributed to Ben Franklin. Of course there's so many sources on the internet either embellishing what the founders said or trying to discredit them, it's sad that we are losing our history.
"When the people discover they can vote themselves money, it will herald the end of the republic."
T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
We Are Running Out of Time - Mini Me
Originally Posted by Philhelm
The mayor of Stockton, California, is leading an experiment with “universal basic income,” which is set to start by giving low-income residents $500 a month, no questions asked.
Mayor Michael Tubbs calls his city “ground zero” for issues like wage stagnation, rising housing prices and loss of middle-class jobs that affect the nation.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/u-s-city-...cgzwKDHlu65.99
I'm suing the city. This is such a city centrist issue I'm offended! $#@!ing city centrists. Who are they not to give me $500 a month because I can't afford to move there. City Centrists. They don't care about people that live in rural areas! I'm tired of the City Centrist mindset that makes them think they are better than us!!! I want my U.B.I !!!!
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” ― Alexander Fraser Tytler
Not advocating it but the theory of eliminating all social welfare programs including unemployment to be replaced by a payment to everyone equally is a far fairer system then what we have now.
The high cost of housing would still be an issue for the homeless but you could give tax breaks to corporations to house them and there are charities as well.
Ron Paul was asked about UBI in this recent interview. I still like the Ron Paul answer that Trump is not a puppet to satisfy the Trump supporters- seems like he didn't want Ron to elaborate on what he meant but I'd imagine Ron would say that Trump is more puppet master for his supporters LOL
Seems to me all we can do is find ways to shorten the bondage phase. This only partly involves warning people the bondage is coming, resisting the bondage, and educating people about how bondage is not America's heritage. In no small part, it involves keeping our eyes on the next step--spiritual faith.
Clearly those who would prolong the bondage phase have their eyes on the next phase. They are sure working like beavers to strip us all of spiritual faith.
Not if you consider monetary policy an arm of our foreign policy. We can't purpose changes to our system that are dependent on our foreign policy. If our foreign policy is making us go poor, we can't change that by making cuts to social programs. Currency manipulation is part of our foreign policy its how we destroy other countries between currency manipulation "fair trade" and sanctions. We can't consider changing our monetary policy or fiscal policy without changing our foreign policy. If we were to just audit the fed we would shed light on a lot of the shenanigans. We shouldn't have theoretical arguments though when we are living in soviet America.
"Hey guys the American system isn't working lets try full blown socialism" is not something I would ever think I would see on here, this means that the terrorists have won, the real terrorists. The best thing about making America great again is you sort of see what you want to see, its kind of like looking at a cloud. I knew it was a scam but even the most cynical bone in me hoped that Making America Great Again might of been trying real capitalism and free markets. Thats the thing about clouds and phoney slogans though, you see what you want to see. The trick is not to believe what you want to believe.
^This.
Who is the real Donald Trump, you go back to his writings and comments long prior to running for office at times he sounded like a Palecon on foreign policy but he was always suspected of being phoney. The concern is also whether deep state, military and military industrial complex has more control over the office of the President then we are led to believe.
Would the same thing happen to Rand if he were President or Ron for that matter? I certainly believe they would be closer to their foreign policies than Trump but no doubt I believe they would reigned in.
Despite his flaws it could have been far worse with Hillary advocating shooting Russia planes out of the sky and war with Russia over Crimea/Ukraine and more.
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