Recent content by Percivale

Inaccurate. Libertarians tend to be farther left than the left on some issues and further right than the right in others. The only exception I can think of is culture war issues, where each major party takes a side and libertarians keep the government out of it. On other issues it's like...

I also am 32 and like being moderately poor. I'm able to support my family comfortably enough with income around the US poverty level, since we own our home with no debt and I can do a lot of things myself that most people might have to pay for, like car repairs, firewood for heat, etc. I like...

The question of whether UBI would cause inflation. I was suggesting that with the way I suggested funding a small UBI it would not cause inflation, you didn't respond to that reasoning.

I like the forward party, but I doubt it will grow very far; like lots of small parties it's not quite different enough from the Democrats to stand out. To succeed a minor party needs to be in the populist quadrant, pull support from right and left about equally, and be moderate while having a...

I get the impression you didn't read the comment you replied to. If you did read it, it might be helpful to read about the logical fallacy called "begging the question."

For someone with a good job UBI doesn't really affect how much money they get. The UBI money just replaces some of the tax credits and deductions we deal with at tax time, and whatever extra carbon tax and such they pay that funds UBI. The difference is the more secure feeling of knowing if they...

The plan includes directions on what stocks to buy, you'd need to follow the link and read the details to understand it. But I've been wondering lately, if the stock returns would be enough to replace social security, maybe the government should just invest the money they are collecting in...

Actually James did not say that, and he did have some strong language about the rich who don't help the poor. Paul said it, and how he said it only really makes sense in the context of a church that lived like Acts 2, sharing their wealth in common.

Who the government is made up of is chosen by the people or by those who fund candidates' campaigns; government is not a separate group unrelated to the rest of the country.

The rich and big corporations like it this way. They get government to spend lots of money on their products, for instance by having schools buy Chromebooks for every student even in kindergarten, and don't have to pay high taxes but instead loan money to the government and collect interest on...

I think I'm camped near the bottom of the slope of enlightenment, and not sure I want to put forth the effort to make the climb, but I'm not sure anyone can accurately place themselves on this diagram.

Either inflation is caused by deficit spending, and UBI that is fully paid for by taxes will not cause inflation, or inflation happens whenever the common people have more money, even if it comes only from people getting better wages without government doing anything. Is it people having money...

Maybe the simplest definition of right and left is whether you idealize the past or the future.

In the last 50 years we've moved both right and left; the size of government and number of benefits have slowly increased, while tax rates and policies have moved toward benefitting the rich and big businesses more. It seems we're moving towards the servile state, where people are required to...

Usually this sort of thing requires either work or education, not both. I think it's better to have no strings attached though, it's more efficient and more respectful to people.