Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You Poorer

Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by ahoy on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:33AM (#12247557)

That doesn't seem to be the issue that this article raises.

>a closer look at how UBI is expected to work reveals that it is intended to provide political cover for the elimination of social programs and the privatization of social services.

Seems like the issue is that UBI, as it's being discussed now, will look more like "entitlement reform" than a net benefit for poor people.

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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by mason240 on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:40AM (#12247626)

> intended to provide political cover for the elimination of social programs

Yeah, because that's the whole point of UBI. It removes all the middlemen, all the politicians/ideologues using those programs to buy votes, the welfare cliffs, and replaces it with something that just helps people. Like with any change though, the ones who benifit from the current system (and I'm not referring to the actual beneficiaries) are going to be opposed to it.

It's really going to to come down to whether you care more about implementing your ideology or actually helping poor people (and everyone else).

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