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@mauritslamers @codinghorror @jgg
How do you get politicians to vote for what you want without either (a) standing for election yourself, or (b) lobbying people who are either standing for election, or already in office?
For example, 83% of US voters support Medicaid (https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/17/nx-s1-5435312/medicaid-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-trump-kff-poll).
This means **nothing** if they have no one to vote for who also supports it.
@codinghorror @jgg If "the red state brigade doesn't believe in science" then why do you think more science is going to solve the problem?
Wouldn't funding political efforts to turn the red states/counties blue be more effective?
I'm not saying it has to be an either/or choice. But your blog post that started this thread made no mention of any sort of political effort alongside direct distribution of cash.
@jgg @codinghorror Indeed.
That you or I have the money to fund things like this is ultimately a political failure that needs to be addressed.
Philanthropic millionaires distributing money is no substitute for a fairer tax code.
Serious question: do we need more studies? UBI studies have been done, repeatedly, and show clear benefits.
Or would that 50M be better spent directly on political lobbying to enact the necessary legislation?