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Pemalite said:
LurkerJ said:

The US can LITERALLY snap its fingers and create a universal basic income program that covers all of its citizens, hardly anyone would oppose it under today's circumstances.

And get off your high horse, it's safe to say that hardly anyone "grasp the whole extent of it" when just weeks ago this was a non-issue to most people, politicians and governments. 

Let's be realistic... That won't happen, the populace of the USA will cry that it is "socialism" and a waste of tax payer money, they would rather give tax breaks to big business and the rich.

Under normal circumstances I would agree. But what's happening right now is not normal. No unemployed or poor person will refuse a UBI program, if life doesn't go back to normal sooner than later there is literally no other solution. 

Let's not make assumptions on what the inflicted want and doesn't want right now just because they're Americans....