During a segment yesterday on MSNBC’s The Cycle, co-host Krystal Ball made a bold declaration: The United States could “eliminate poverty” by implementing a minimum guaranteed income for every “non-incarcerated adult citizen.”
“This is the second time this in the last ten days I've heard this idea,” Glenn said on radio this morning. “I want you to know… what we are talking about now is not socialism. We're talking full-fledged Communist Manifesto and the former Soviet constitution.”
Referencing income-related protests around the globe, Ball claims the basic concept of a ‘mincome’ is simple: “Every non-incarcerated adult citizen gets a monthly check from the government. Other safety net programs are jettisoned to pay for the mincome, and poverty is eliminated.”
She went on to cite a Canadian town in the 1970s that reportedly implemented a minimum income. “Not only was poverty eliminated,” Ball said, “but the disincentives to work has a minimal effect on productivity.”
“Poverty is eliminated… just like that,” Glenn quipped. “Here's something that should quietly migrate over from Switzerland: Every citizen is required to have a gun. And it's an automatic weapon. Wait a minute. We don't want to talk about that one. Oh, okay.”
Check out Ball’s complete explanation of the ‘mincome’ in the clip below:
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