It's one of the ironies of life that when you are young you have time but no money, and when you are old you have money and no time.
Think how great it would be if you got that money while you were still young enough to use it, and old enough to use it wisely.
Who do you propose it should pay those 20,000? This woman, who talks to people as if they were 10 yo or less, said "the rich people". Do you know how much of that proposal you can pay with "the rich" in Spain? Very little. And by very little I mean not even 5% of that, probably less (I did not make the exact numbers but I am pretty sure it won't go beyond that).
If you knew politicians, especially spanish politicians, you should know that the only thing they want is more money controlled through their hands. You know why, right? We all know it...
Every spanish has 35,000 eur debt right now. A great idea, yes... to charge pwople that did not ask you with more debt til services collapse.
Luego se dirá por ahí que se está por el progreso y alguna que otra cosa. Si le pagas lo mismo al chófer del autobús o a los de movilidad urbana que a uno con una carrera técnica que cuesta de sacar y es altamente útil, pues se te van. Y esto lo digo con todo mi respeto para los chóferes o quien sea, pero lo que pasa es lo lógico.
Basically - spanish isn't a noun it's an adjective, it describes a property of a noun (ex: Spanish language, Spanish Car, Spanish food, Spanish person etc...).
The oddity is that we also treat "spanish" as the proper name of a language. So "Speaking spanish" and "Speaking the spanish language" are interchangeable.
But no disagreement at all that english isn't rational.
As an aside, it's a perfectly understandable comment, it just identifies the person as non-native english speaking.
30 year olds will also have the same bullseye painted on their backs, but will at least have experience.
This will create an industry that is centered solely around milking 30 year-olds for every penny they're worth as soon as they turn 30 and then drop them like a hot potato.
This will drive up prices immensely because there's a continuous stream of people turning thirty and your hard-earned 20k is worth the same as their 20k that just fell from the sky.
It's a completely insane idea, and it doesn't solve any problems. When the 20k is gone, it's gone. It's precisely the people who need it the most that are the least likely to stuff it in the bank.
Economic problems are people problems.
Maybe instead of just cutting a $20K check, perhaps an account that allows certain purchases. Like here is $20K, it is pre-authorized to use it to pay for tuition for a college or trade school. Pre-authorized for medical expenses. And perhaps other things, but you can't exactly go out and blow it on cars and strippers. Then perhaps with a, if you don't use it by 25, you can roll it into your 401K?
Broke people immediately spending the money they got from the government... That's everyone else's money.
The only downside is that it would collapse the war machine since no 18 year old will sign up for the military.
Healthcare: Some people get unlucky with genetic lottery and will require far more cost in care than others. Some type of universal coverage still needs to exist imho.
Social security: Unfortunately, not everyone is good with money. Social security is a mechanism for balancing out and restributing wealth, but it's also an investing service for those who don't know how to.
I'm not against some type of UBI, but there are some downsides with getting rid of existing programs. imho.
You can buy healthcare with 20K.
> Social security: Unfortunately, not everyone is good with money.
That's why it's 20K per year. Not a one time $2 million payment for the rest of your life. $20k more than the average social security payout.
Because next election cycle, some politician will set themselves apart by promising the 20k, plus a supplement for healthcare...and the whole circus begins again...
Also, I think it is a good idea to keep government programs means tested and separate. If you give people 20k, the number of people who should be feeding their kids with the money but instead bought “new rims” for their 2007 Honda Civic is going to be much greater than zero.