Reply #26: see that won't work, it is a bad circular idea [View All]

[jsamuel]

take money from the poor and then hope the system will give it back?

Why not just NOT TAKE AWAY THE MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE. To me, it is kind of like trying to privatize social security. Social security is a safety net and is guaranteed every check, but you start depositing money in accounts and suddenly that money can just get spent or get used before its time, then what?

Like a posted elsewhere at DKOS, there are other solutions that won't take that money away from the poor.

like a "Gas/oil Insurance Bill" where they will put money aside to help keep gas prices low in case of an emergency, but let gas prices go up more slowly as to prevent a panic and allow people to figure out alternatives. That would accomplish the same thing and it would be INCOME BASED, so poor people wouldn't get stuck with a disproportionate part of the bill.