Re:12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income
by Normal_gaussian on Monday May 07, 2018 @12:59PM
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Nit:
In relation to 'the fundamental premise of UBI is that it can replace all charitable programmes'.
This is not the fundamental premise.
UBI as a financial leveller or as a minimum support value would be a different number to those in different locations and with different conditions.
Location adjusts cost in terms of amenity values (heating, cooling, travel, etc.) - and it is not desirable to clump the population into one location.
Condition causes a large variation in living cost - good health is not cheap, but it is cheaper than many temporary, long term, terminal, or permanent conditions.
Where UBI does not take these into account - which most don't - there would still be a need for charities and other large scale societal funding mechanisms.
In relation to 'the fundamental premise of UBI is that it can replace all charitable programmes'.
This is not the fundamental premise.
UBI as a financial leveller or as a minimum support value would be a different number to those in different locations and with different conditions.
Location adjusts cost in terms of amenity values (heating, cooling, travel, etc.) - and it is not desirable to clump the population into one location.
Condition causes a large variation in living cost - good health is not cheap, but it is cheaper than many temporary, long term, terminal, or permanent conditions.
Where UBI does not take these into account - which most don't - there would still be a need for charities and other large scale societal funding mechanisms.