The Patrick Madrid Show: August 22, 2023 - Hour 2

The Patrick Madrid Show

Relevant Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Is Universal Income good or bad? https://twitter.com/PMadridShow/status/1693983751708328349

Bill - I am looking into joining the Catholic Church. What is all included in the Profession of Faith that I must believe?
Mike - Universal income: People who received checks from the government didn't need the money and they spent it on frivolous things.
Maria - Universal income: I work for the Chicago Fire Department as a medic. We do get more people who Overdose on drugs on the first of the month when their checks come in.
Jeff - It seems like we are trying to create the intellect of angels with AI.
Peter - Universal Basic Income: there are some people who would cultivate talents that don't necessarily provide money value. It could also help people pray more.
Betty - Universal Basic Income and how it relates to AI: I think we need to take into consideration the current world views that the population is too high and this could be used to lower the population.
Paul - Basic Universal income is bad because you would become reliant on the government which would give them more power to control our lives.
Saul - You would need to be working to receive Universal income might work.
Chris - Are the apparitions of our Lady of Knock just apparitions or were they physically there?

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0:00.0	Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations,
0:12.5	encouragement for your day.
0:14.6	It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio.
0:19.6	I'm getting emails left and right about universal basic income. Interesting.
0:25.7	Seems like that. I don't know. Maybe it touches a nerve with some people.
0:29.7	888-9149149. One comment that came in from Jordan, he says there's a huge overlap between the average lowest common
0:39.7	denominator people and people who want to keep up with the Joneses. Universal basic income,
0:44.6	he says, covers the basic necessities like food and housing. But if Joe Schmo's neighbors,
0:48.7	the Joneses go on lots of vacations and have the Chinese designer handbags and the newest
0:53.8	smartphones, but he doesn't.
0:55.7	He might be motivated to work.
0:58.0	He says this applies to many luxuries.
1:00.6	Yeah, I don't disagree with that.
1:01.6	I don't.
1:01.9	I'm just thinking what kind of person is the average person.
1:09.2	He continues.
1:28.2	There's another category of people who would still work, those who want to make a difference in the world, ambitious people, people who like to work or feel obligated to work, people who want to have nice things beyond the basics, people who want to keep up with the Joneses. I think with these categories and ones we've missed, that might cover a larger proportion of the population than you'd expect.
1:30.8	You may well be right, Jordan.
1:32.5	And he, by the way, is in Minnesota, he says.
1:36.6	You may well be right.
1:37.8	I don't know.
1:38.4	I'm just guessing, but my life experience, number one, confirms the points that you've made.
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