So they'd be against the Citizen's Dividend? Well, I'll be over on the Democrat side then! They will care about me.Pointedstick wrote: I predict that the new populist Republican party enthusiastically embraces the welfare state and public benefits, but adds conditions to them, such as means testing, drug testing, no benefits if you're not married or not a citizen, etc. Populists like government benefits, but as Tenn mentioned, only if for people (often themselves included) whom they can be convinced have "earned" them. Expect the new Republican party to advocate generous government benefits for people who are citizens, employed, net taxpayers, married, drug-free, etc, and few to none for people not meeting those conditions.
It's a nice fantasy but that's all it is. No one knows what is going to happen. And you forgot about dealing with the extremist religious conservatives. Where the hell are they going to go?