TIL: US pays $20k/year per detainee sent to El Salvador.
reuters.com
Panama, afaik doesn't get paid. Just gets continued invasion threats no matter how much they bend over.
El Salvador could double its GDP if they can just keep 1.75M prisoners alive. ($35B/year)
You know, I bet there'd be a lot fewer pretty crimes if we were all given a 1600/mo UBI.
the blight wing hates pretty crimes
What about "oh so pretty crimes"?
"Witty crimes"? "Gay crimes"?
That are very hard on gay crimes.
But then poor people would vote, which could be dangerous.
/s ?
Maybe they can just introduce a poll tax or exam to weed out the poor. /s
A more right wing UBI that was denied to immigrants, but still gave them a path to eventual citizenship "in exchange for slavery" would have pretty high wage jobs available to them and also a good alternative to crime. UBI is the only path to social harmony and peace.
$20k/year conditional only on being a Venezuelan gang member in US, would have perverse, and divisive, incentives. But boost tatoo industry.