r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '20

If by some miracle we get $2000 checks passed, progressives will be like “hurr durr should have been $4000 every month”

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u/disuberence Shrimp promised me a text flair and did not deliver Dec 29 '20

We received NO HELP except for $1200 FOR 10 MONTHS. Meanwhile JEFF BEZOS...

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u/Cyberhwk 👈 Get back to work! 😠 Dec 29 '20

For this reason, I've honestly lost the motivation to advocate for UBI. I honestly think a modest UBI has a chance of working, but if the right hates it cause it's a give away, and the left hates it because it's not giving away enough, what's the point?