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> The BI's natural "lobbying organzation" is the entire public... not even the entire voting public, but the entire public. Even people making $150,000/year are going to still appreciate $10,000, and we're now talking well above median.

Then why couldn't we get universal health care passed through decades and decades of attempts?

I think you are assessing the human psychology factor incorrectly. The US population is not a lobbying organization. Just because something is in their interests does not make people rally behind a cause. A lobbyist has an agenda, but the very existence of BI does not make it everyone's agenda to increase it. The person making $150k has better things to worry about than exerting pressure to increasing BI, and in fact, will likely be a business owner and someone that is very receptive to the argument that raising taxes will hurt production. Similarly, raising BI is not a cause that fuels people's competitive spirit and drive for meaning. Certainly there will be a socialist contingent that does have that agenda, but I don't see why you are so convinced that it will inevitably become a runaway train.

> You can't use our experiences with things that well less than half the population gets to judge the effect it will have on voting patterns.

Exactly what I said previously—we're both speculating.




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