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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 12h

If you could pick how to spend $4 trillion/year of the US budget, what would you choose?

💵Universal Basic Income
🏥Universal Healthcare
⚡️Infrastructure Renewal
👶Family Support Guarantee (Childcare, Pre-K, Paid Leave)
👷Jobs Guarantee
💸Reduce National Debt
🧾Cut Taxes
❓Other

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 14h

Imagine renting or buying a home without half your income vanishing, thanks to building more housing everywhere.

What dreams could you chase: start a family, launch a business, or just breathe easier?

Let's make it real. #YIMBY #Abundance

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 1d

$1,000/month UBI > food stamps
$1,000/month UBI > housing vouchers
$1,000/month UBI > endless paperwork

#UBI beats means-tested bureaucracy every time. Efficient. Fair. Dignified.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives: UBI strengthens families by cutting welfare traps that hurt marriage & stability.

Liberals: UBI upholds dignity by ending poverty without invasive bureaucracy.

Libertarians: #UBI boosts freedom by slashing government programs & giving individual choice with cash.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 5d

Telling people to have kids while denying paid leave is hypocrisy, not policy. Work shouldn’t punish you for life events.

Paid leave replaces fear of lost wages with freedom to care for family without compromise.

Let’s turn scarcity into stability for families & employers alike

Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 6d

Limited access to healthcare causes more harm than diseases alone, stifling opportunity.

Universal healthcare transforms fear into the freedom to live, work & care without financial devastation.

No one should have to choose between seeing a doctor & paying rent. #UHC

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 6d

Parents shouldn’t have to choose between work and an early education for their kids.

Universal Pre-K gives families both.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 7d

Zoning doesn’t preserve character.
It preserves scarcity.

When we build more housing, families can live near work, kids can stay in school, and neighborhoods thrive.

High rents aren’t natural.
They’re a policy choice.

More homes = more freedom = more opportunity.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 7d

Universal Basic Income ≠ paying people not to work.

UBI = making sure work actually pays.

#UBI = Freedom.

Freedom to walk away from abuse.
Freedom to choose meaningful work.
Freedom to live without fear of the next bill.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 8d

Social issues where each side goes too far:

Republicans:
Abortion bans; Harassing legal immigrants; Uncontrolled guns; Climate denial; Authoritarian corruption; Isolationism.

Democrats:
Identity overreach; Ignoring crime/disorder; Weak on illegal immigration; Overregulation.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 12d

Too many Dem texts to me are about identity + how bad Republicans are.
Too few are about making life better for everyone.

People want more than protection from harm. They want abundance:
✅ Universal Healthcare
✅ Universal Pre-K
✅ Universal Paid leave
✅ Universal Basic income

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 12d

Universal Basic Income ≠ socialism.

#UBI = capitalism that doesn’t start with people starving.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 13d

If you value freedom from government overreach, you should be considering Universal Basic Income.

No agencies policing your choices. No bureaucracy. Just direct cash, your call.

That’s not big government, that’s personal liberty. #UBI

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 13d

Imagine $1,200/month landing in your account. No conditions. No hoops.

Would you breathe easier, change jobs, care for family, or build something new?
What would you do with that freedom? #UBI

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Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 14d

We are not guessing about this. There are a metric ton of studies of pilot program and they all show the same thing.