Universal Basic Income goes to Texas Supreme Court

Harris County is looking to give some resident free money as a part of a Universal Basic Income program. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has stepped in to stop it. The FOX Texas Trio discuss the program and what they think will happen to it.

[@cmac7384]

Waiit till middle class starts losing their jobs to AI. Then you'll see public opinion change on UBI.

[@sandblast5636]

get a job

[@shanestewart9232]

​@sandblast5636 you work so hard you must be proud. Your Taxes fund the UN... 😆 and other countries social programs

[@NikoKun]

@@sandblast5636 ..I wonder what will happen, to people who say "get a job", when over half of the population can't find one..

[@cryptojonny6837]

Some see UBI as a social inheritance where people have participated in nation-building. Their work is what has brought us to modern times when robots will be doing the work. People have also been used as cannon fodder to settle disputes between nations. Now we have arrived at this point in time together, and it is time to receive our inheritance for the amazing job our ancestors have done in shaping this planet. In my opinion, a good reason we deserve UBI is the question we should be asking when companies start selling data. Well, let's see, it began in the 1980s, according to Google. The year is 2024, so it makes me wonder how much has been sold and yet we don't get a paycheck. So, in a way, since the 1980s up until now, it's UBI money that we deserve.

[@GrumpDog]

Agreed. Could correct the ever increasing imbalance our economy has seen since the 70s. As well as address the job loss we're soon going to see from AI and humanoid robots.

[@bigdreams5554]

Give people free healthcare. No need for cash handouts

[@user-bl3ez3ch3x]

No it isn’t it’s a simple way of getting around giving the illegals more money it has nothing to do with helping the Houstonians here in Houston

[@jwbjpb1338]

Troll is what you are

[@sandblast5636]

get a job

[@NikoKun]

If it's for citizens, how would "illegals" get it?

[@dariend1628]

We can give 100's of Billions of dollars to other countries, but not to our people

[@sandblast5636]

GET A JOB

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

We can, but republicans vote against it! Look at everything they have been voting against! What do you think republicans mean, when they say lower taxes? It’s not lower for you! You’re the ones paying for what the billionaires don’t have to pay. The billionaires are lobbying to not give more pay. Voting against your family is asinine.

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

@@sandblast5636people do work! You’re actually making less than you should be making, so why are you so arrogant?

[@Edemce1]

@@user-xx4nm3mz4p Tell me you dont own a business without telling me you dont. YOU have ZERO idea what its like to own a company that makes a lot of money and paying taxes.

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

@@Edemce1 let me guess. You’re not benefiting from the permanent tax break to billionaires, but somehow you’re asserting that you feel their pain? Really? They pay 13%. 45 has suggested, just last week, that he’s going to cut it, until it reaches 0%. Who do you think has been paying the difference of those cuts, since Reagan!? So, what else do you think that I need to learn from you today? ZERO

[@gemgal711]

Until prices fall nothing will help. Government giving out money means higher taxes

[@NikoKun]

Give everyone a UBI, while AI automation and humanoid robots start increasingly taking more jobs.. And watch prices fall as costs to make goods goes down, while purchasing power stays stable thanks to the UBI.

[@Concepcion30]

If it's Federal money what's the problem, it's not like Texas itself has to cough it up. Even if they save it or don't use it to buy food, am sure some retailers would appreciate the bump in sales.

[@walterbrown2425]

No money unless everyone I can qualify!

[@terryowen6759]

If you can afford childcare, medicine, doctors visits, electricity, rent...then you probably don't qualify

[@noName-kn1lx]

No communism here. This stuff is the fatal blow to any country because it never ends

[@jwbjpb1338]

The GOP hates everyone

[@terryowen6759]

Universal basic income is going to be 100% necessary in the near future unless we come up with a way to make sure everyone who works can afford basic needs

[@Ciaran_Johnson]

What exactly do you suggest people do? Starve?

[@noName-kn1lx]

@@Ciaran_Johnson starve lmao. This is already a welfare state and given the state of morbid obesity in the usa nobody is starving

[@jwbjpb1338]

@@noName-kn1lx then please turn down social security and Medicare as we wouldn’t want you to get that since it goes against your nonsense

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

All they have to do is raise the minimum raise to what, $23 by now? Do the right thing and stopping fighting progress, and there won’t be any issues. When the bottom gets wage increases, so does everyone else.

[@timthetoolman223]

"This is not state money, it's Federal money..."Who in the HELL do you think pays FEDERAL taxes? That would be Texans...

[@DarkPesco]

Texas doesn't pay more than they get back. That would be states like New York and California. When it comes to welfare states Texas ranks pretty high...in fact 8 out of the top 10 welfare states are red states. Plus they have a defunct electricity grid and keep having to get bailed out. Then there's the storms they come begging for money because...they take more than they give. They are a welfare state.

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

Thanks to Republicans and their voters, the 1% are only paying trumps 13%. So, of course, Americans are paying for everything!

[@justinmartin845]

Ok then if you’re going to crap all over the bill then what? I hear a lot of opinions shooting it down but don’t hear how you want to help low income households aka the middle class now.

[@bigdreams5554]

Next people will ask if we can actually tax highly profitable tech companies that currently pay no taxes. Hmmmm

[@cosandraodame7623]

Give it to the corporations Ken

[@dunkinherdonut8471]

Give. It to the illegals

[@dougroberts8978]

You all seem to miss the point: Universal guaranteed income is a moral hazard. It is inflationary. It is a Very Bad idea.

[@barkter]

How is it inflationary? You don't HAVE to print money to fund it. If your argument is that companies will just raise prices then your problem is monopolies which would be true regardless of having UBI or not

[@terryowen6759]

What's the solution then, people aren't going to get rich on $500 a month, they need cash for child care, Dr appts, medicine and electricity

[@verticalintegration5222]

If you don’t need it then be quiet Everybody can’t work and most people will break the law for money anyway. I don’t need it

[@Gil7111TX]

It will fail in TX Supreme Court

[@scubaman508]

Notice how the answer to government caused poverty is more government programs. Get government out of the way, get ride of handouts and get rid of the systems in place preventing people from making and keeping the money they earn.

[@andyblm5029]

POORLY EDUCATED MAGA

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

We tried that, and where are we today? Paying more in federal taxes on our income, while Republicans rail against taxing the super rich, who pay $400. Look it up!

[@scubaman508]

We haven't tried that, govt is more involved with our personal lives than ever before. Cut the taxes get rid of income and sales tax to start. Go back to the personal accountability model. There's a lot more but to say we tried getting the govt out of the way is false, they couldn't be more in the way.

[@user-xx4nm3mz4p]

@@scubaman508 government programs are needed in times of recession and inflation. Employers don’t want to pay livable wages, so to keep everyone with food and shelter, these programs are needed. These people work, but aren’t making enough money, which is not their fault at all. If we don’t demand higher wages, how can we cut programs? They are not handouts, they are quantifiable, viable programs that these people pay into as well. Everyone in this country pays taxes. I don’t know who started the lie that no one pays taxes. Everything in this country is taxed.

[@NikoKun]

No. UBI is the answer for what's coming. By 2030, it's estimated that we could see 50% of the population unable to compete for jobs against AI. UBI is the only answer anyone's come up with, for how those people are going to get by while they figure out what to do next. For years now, UBI has also long been studied for it's effects on improving local communities, and it's been overwhelmingly been found to have positive impacts. So we might as well.

[@terryowen6759]

When you give the money to responsible people...they use the money wisely. Its not a new idea, its been done in many areas and it was life saving. Poverty is no joke in this country, people can't afford basic needs

[@daviddavis9727]

Im looking for a subsidy loan for tekamah NE

[@eddie10191]

Wow how about out sourcing everything and bringing jobs back to the US manufacturing,farming. 5 hours from farm to table 10 days from factory to home.

[@user-hp1gk4jj5e]

What does Paxtons mistress think

[@eternalspring1034]

Ubi on a lottery.....idiocracy.

[@aliceestrada2904]

Why not give them $800000, like we gave to rich business owners under ppp.

[@dtownryda1]

Gave money to Ruth Chris tho

[@verticalintegration5222]

How tf can you give $1000 to 135 families and it was a million dollars 😂

[@Bert439]

Yes because that will will help lower inflation! Oh wait it will make it worse!

[@unsilent369]

More Democrat Socialism. It will never end.

[@jwbjpb1338]

Make sure you never accept social security or Medicare. Wouldn’t want you to dare enjoy those liberal benefits

[@jwbjpb1338]

But you’re fine with corporate socialism and bailouts

[@barkter]

It's no socialism by definition. Also multiple politicians from both sides and for centuries have said UBI is beneficial. The petroleum fund in Alaska is a type of UBI. They have problems but that's because of how they fund it.

[@terryowen6759]

Capitalism isn't working right now, people can't afford basic needs like child care, electricity, medicine because everyone is price gouging everyone else

[@cjreed9443]

No thank you not unless you want to help the members of the wef get their one world order ...go ahead. If a person is having it tough then help them out but not just 135 ppl when I know y'all have 1000s & 1000s of folks that needs help and it's not fair to hand it to one but not another. If you didn't bring enough for the whole class then don't bring it at all.... Which would be best period. None. Those federal dollars could be spent on the national debt or something equally important

[@edwardroche2480]

, the state of Texas should take some federal money and distributed to anyone who is unemployed or unemployable. 120 bucks a month in food stamps in 120 and cash. They used to do that in Florida in 1993

[@commercialelectrician133]

What they should do is come and see the so called poor people the nice phone's and cars they have and they don't ever work

[@terryowen6759]

In other states where this has been tried, they screen the recipients. I don't think drug dealers and thieves are going to qualify for $500 a month

[@dogdog2000]

Handouts should end at food and hygiene.

[@jwbjpb1338]

Does that include tax breaks for rich companies????

[@terryowen6759]

Food is good but some people can't afford medicine, Dr. Visits, child care or their electric bill. They need cash

[@Karen-ur6mm]

this is ridiculous... just say no

[@terryowen6759]

This has worked in other areas, people need cash for basic needs like child care, medicine, electric bill

[@ChristineCircelli-go2yw]

I'm praying that the Supreme Court does the right thing and issues a basic income to every Texan so that people can save and invest 🙏

[@aliviascott8219]

All of you are lost as hell and it's all your fault ! Y'all bought into this a few years ago