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  1. Zach, thanks.

    With the crushing of unions in Wisconsin, imho a good national gathering point for labor and Dems is a negative income tax. As a guess at a starting point, I’m throwing out $1,000/month to every U.S. adult. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and all the other oligarchs, get the same check as everyone else. IMHO, that’s key, because it keeps it from turning into welfare. Below’s a link to conservative and libertarians who support it:

    “Rethinking the Idea of a Basic Income for All.”

    http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/rethinking-the-idea-of-a-basic-income-for-all/

    Per the link below, it’s no problem to afford.

    “Crack cocaine for the Pentagon”: Meet the secret slush fund that’s getting hawks high
    While the right cuts tons of basic services, here’s the secret slush fund the military doesn’t want you to discover

    “…OCO has created a double standard for D.C.’s insistent deficit conversation. Domestic spending must be held down, without gimmicks, games or tricks. But you can keep the military base budget static, load up the OCO, and use that money on virtually anything the Pentagon does. Congressional Republicans’ OCO end-around in this budget resolution, attempting to please deficit hawks and war hawks at the same time, borders on the absurd. But everyone is guilty of riding the OCO train – the armed services, the State Department, even the White House….”

    http://www.salon.com/2015/03/24/crack_cocaine_for_the_pentagon_meet_the_secret_slush_fund_thats_getting_hawks_high/

    The above link is chicken feed compared to the welfare Wall Street gets, but it shows just how corrupt our current system is.

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