Re:Basic income is the worst response to automation
by cderwin on Monday January 16, 2017 @11:45AM
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There are certainly UBI proposals in which at some point UBI does scale back. I don't see a good reason why it scaling back would disqualify it from being a UBI, and I certainly see little likeness to unemployment insurance.
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Re:Basic income is the worst response to automation
by tonyedgecombe on Monday January 16, 2017 @02:11PM
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I guess the justification for not scaling it back would be that it makes it more palatable for the people paying for it. If someone received $10,000 in UBI and payed $10,000 in tax it would be neutral but their attitude to other recipients might be different.