which is already done with tax refunds
tax refunds aren't government programs to help people. That money belongs to you because you paid too much in taxes. It's the government giving YOU money BACK to you, not giving you money.
So I'm a little baffled that people see this as something so radical. The system I'm proposing already exists; I'm just proposing to make it better.
Where would the money come from? I don't think your sounds like a bad plan at all, but the likelihood that it ever gets even remotely implemented is pretty far fetched, while at the same time minimum wage IS being bandied about as something that may well be disposed of.
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