The idea was proposed by two Democrats, so you know it has zero chance in this administration. We couldn’t even get our student loans forgiven.

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    Then I honestly have no idea what you are arguing outside of MAYBE being overly pedantic and insisting that people like wealth redistribution just not in any capacity that addresses wealth inequality which… “distinction without difference”.

    Yes, we need to tax the rich. I specifically said as much

    And… I would argue we don’t actually want that (outside of closing loopholes so that rich fuckers actually pay their taxes) because it encourages people to strive.

    But beyond that? This goes back to the idea that UBI et al are specifically not about wealth inequality and are instead about survival. Specifically to reply to

    I read somewhere a long while back that UBI is a non-solution to wealth inequality.