I think there's also a case for a federal job guarantee. There's lots of infrastructure work, cleaning up trash and pollution, and care work to be done that just can't be automated away in the near future. But we need a basic income in addition to it.

UBI is one of my favorite topics! I used to think it would have detrimental effects on society, and then I read the studies that had been done on it, and those studies showed that the opposite is true! UBI causes people, communities, and economies to flourish. Now I'm ride or die for UBI (and MFA.)

I think the solution is to provide a universal minimum so that everyone's basic needs are met. Then people will be less likely to fake disability to get benefits. #universalbasicincome #ubi #universalbasicservices

Set a limit for how much a campaign can spend. Tax all contributions above that amount at 100%.

Intellectual property is the one place where a Harberger tax and dividend makes sense. If we aren't going to abolish IP, at least treat it as a privilege that you have to pay for and compensate society for it.

Understanding how gov't finance differs from household finances *is* economics.

"Tragedy of the Commons" makes the case for regulating the commons (tho always cited as a case against having commons)

Friedman's essay says businesses should maximize profits AND gov't should tax/regulate in a way that ensures that profit-maximizing is not socially harmful.

There's so many things that are frequently cited/discussed by people who didn't do the reading.

Examples:

Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons"

Milton Friedman's "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits"

People just read the title and assume the content.

Tankies are just dumb people, so their opinions don't matter.

I feel like AI makes me a better author. It's great for research and narrowing down what books I actually need to read when writing on a subject.

It also makes 3d modeling easier, as it can generate a rough object to start with.

Seems like programmers would face more of the cons of AI.

Hell, just tell them we want to implement the economic policy of Reagan's economic advisors Milton Friedman and Martin Feldstein.... then we do universal healthcare in the form of Universal Catastrophic Coverage and a minimum income guarantee in the form of Negative Income Tax.