It's getting weird now: Why do so many tech billionaires want governments worldwide to give away money for free?
Tech magnates Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have already called for "universal basic income," a government program that would give all citizens a set amount of taxpayer money, regardless of whether they have jobs. The handouts would come with no strings attached, just free money.
Now, Stewart Butterfield, the CEO and co-founder of the workplace chat program Slack and also co-founded Flickr, is joining the call.
[clip]
On July 4, Zuckerberg took to Facebook to recount a recent trip to Alaska — and how a state program for residents works. The post praised Alaska's Permanent Dividend Fund, a $52-billion pile of cash from oil revenues that the state government doles out to citizens each year, usually $1,000 to $2,000 at a time.
"This is a novel approach to basic income in a few ways," Zuckerberg wrote. "First, it's funded by natural resources rather than raising taxes. Second, it comes from conservative principles of smaller government, rather than progressive principles of a larger safety net. This shows basic income is a bipartisan idea."
http://www.dailywire.com/news/19563/another-tech-titan-pushes-free-money-everybody-joseph-curl
the only problem Zuck is Venezuela look at what happens when OIL Revenue DRYS UP
Tech magnates Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have already called for "universal basic income," a government program that would give all citizens a set amount of taxpayer money, regardless of whether they have jobs. The handouts would come with no strings attached, just free money.
Now, Stewart Butterfield, the CEO and co-founder of the workplace chat program Slack and also co-founded Flickr, is joining the call.
[clip]
On July 4, Zuckerberg took to Facebook to recount a recent trip to Alaska — and how a state program for residents works. The post praised Alaska's Permanent Dividend Fund, a $52-billion pile of cash from oil revenues that the state government doles out to citizens each year, usually $1,000 to $2,000 at a time.
"This is a novel approach to basic income in a few ways," Zuckerberg wrote. "First, it's funded by natural resources rather than raising taxes. Second, it comes from conservative principles of smaller government, rather than progressive principles of a larger safety net. This shows basic income is a bipartisan idea."
http://www.dailywire.com/news/19563/another-tech-titan-pushes-free-money-everybody-joseph-curl
the only problem Zuck is Venezuela look at what happens when OIL Revenue DRYS UP