Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
by tormeh on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:19PM
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Umm... No, that's the situation where taxes create a disincentive to work. Try solving that without having taxes be a flat fee.
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Fine, but if BI is not funded through taxes, then how is it funded?
He didn't say _no_ taxes. He said _no flat_ taxes. Think progressive taxes instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_tax
Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @11:05PM
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That isn't even strictly necessary. There is a difference between a "flat tax" (e.g. everyone pays 20%) and a "flat fee" (e.g. everyone pays $10,000). A UBI funded by a flat tax is completely unproblematic. People who make $80,000 pay $16,000 and this makes up the difference for the people who make $20,000 and pay $4,000 when they each get a $10,000 UBI.