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Re:Finland considers basic income to reform welfare system by surfmike on Thursday August 20, 2015 @12:50PM (#10093044)
The benefit will be universal, but then you have to pay for it with increased taxes. So the increased marginal rate will disincentivize people from working.
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Re:Finland considers basic income to reform welfare system by seanflyon on Thursday August 20, 2015 @06:19PM (#10094985)
With BI, You will never be in a situation where you will be poorer for earning a dollar you just won't be an entire dollar richer.
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Re:Finland considers basic income to reform welfare system by surfmike on Thursday August 20, 2015 @06:32PM (#10095021)
We could scale back benefits more gradually than we do today. That would be a lot cheaper than giving everyone a guaranteed pot of money.
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