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The ultimate objective of this strategy—to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income—will be questioned by some. Because the ideal of individual social and economic mobility has deep roots, even activists seem reluctant to call for national programs to eliminate poverty by the outright redistribution of income.
Howard Phillips, chairman of The Conservative Caucus, was quoted in 1982 as saying that the strategy could be effective because "Great Society programs had created a vast army of full-time liberal activists whose salaries are paid from the taxes of conservative working people."
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: JBurns
It's how the left will justify nulling the Constitution.
Extra bonus points: which recent president promised to fundamentally transform this country???
(It is also available on DVD)
To the point I think it detracts from the real goals of community and poverty work.
To the op, even though I work on relevant issues I agree that such large scale political strategies and social experiments, using in this case the poor as a foil, are dangerous, arrogant, and represent megalomania. It’s not even clear it would work but possibly still cause the short term goals such as overwhelming local and regional governments. This obviously could be detrimental.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: chr0naut
Which ones?
I know Obama had a bunch but I'm unaware that Trump has issued unconstitutional orders.