> The last thing we need is another government program.
So would you then be in favor of a plan that dismantled all other current government means-tested welfare programs (welfare, unemployment, food stamps, medicaid, etc), replacing all of them with a strict implementation of a basic income guarantee (everyone gets the exact same amount, no matter what, no exceptions)? That would decrease the number of government programs, vastly decrease administrative overhead, and some calculations have shown that it would actually decrease overall spending as well.
I'm not in favor of any of them, but I guess BIG would a step forward, so I see your point. The thing is, a lot of people are dependent on those programs, and not just the recipients, but everyone in the chain. So removing them is going to be a tough sell and the opposition will be fierce.
So would you then be in favor of a plan that dismantled all other current government means-tested welfare programs (welfare, unemployment, food stamps, medicaid, etc), replacing all of them with a strict implementation of a basic income guarantee (everyone gets the exact same amount, no matter what, no exceptions)? That would decrease the number of government programs, vastly decrease administrative overhead, and some calculations have shown that it would actually decrease overall spending as well.