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   New York Libertarians to Byker   
   Re: 9 Most Terrifying Moments from the D   
   22 Dec 19 13:55:31   
   
   From: wernerhetzner@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 1:14:44 PM UTC-5, Byker wrote:   
   > "Ubiquitous"  wrote in message   
   > news:c5-dnWy7gZviBmLAnZ2dnUU7-KWdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > >   
   > > Here are the nine most terrifying moments from Thursday night’s Democrat   
   > > debate. You can basically sum things up this way: if the Democrats ever   
   > > recapture power, illegal aliens will have more rights than American   
   > > citizens.   
   > >   
   > > 9    Andrew “Free Money” Yang   
   > >   
   > > America’s sexism can only be atoned for with open borders:   
   > >   
   > > Moderator: If you win and you reinstate DACA, another president could just   
   > > overturn it again. So will you move on a permanent legislative fix for   
   > > dreamers in your first 100 days, if elected?   
   > >   
   > > Yang: Of course I would. I’m the son of immigrants myself, and I know   
   that   
   > > dreamers are essentially Americans in everything but this legal   
   > > classification. I just want to return to this conversation because I think   
   > > it’s core. Our country is deeply misogynist, and most all of us know   
   that.   
   > > Money and men are tied together.   
   >    
   > No one dares criticize Yang, lest they be accused of "Sinophobia".   
   >    
   > Never mind that "guaranteed basic income" has failed everywhere it's been   
   > tried, including the U.S., as Mimi Texeira of The Daily Signal noted   
   > recently: "In the 1970s, the (U.S.) government ran four random control   
   > experiments across six states to try the negative income tax, a similar   
   > policy proposal (to the basic income) that was popular at the time. In each   
   > test, the work disincentive effect was disastrous. For every $1,000 in added   
   > benefits to a family, there was an average reduction in $660 of wages from   
   > work."   
   > https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/02/26/california-city-trying-   
   niversal-basic-income-weve-already-seen-doesnt-work/   
   >    
   > It didn't work in Finland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki0MPrn9MPM   
   >    
   > It didn't work in Ontario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33UVDIX0z8   
   >    
   > And it won't work in California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yCS9faKC6A   
   >    
   > That's right. A basic income would tax work to the hilt so that others could   
   > be paid to do nothing. Common sense dictates that you reward work, not   
   > punish it. The Finns figured it out. Why haven't we?   
      
      
   The objective is to buy votes. Getting free stuff is popular. Many people vote   
   for a living instead work for a living.   
   http://www.endit.info/Theft.shtml   
      
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