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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by lazyasciiart on Friday February 08, 2019 @01:35PM (#19117238)
But what a waste of effort. Why do they suggest this instead of starting at UBI+$1, at least?
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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by dragonwriter on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:22PM (#19118294)
UBI itself isn't usually considered taxable income in the proposals, so effectively that's what happens.

Personally, I wouldn't increase pre-UBI marginal tax rates for taxable incomes below (pre-UBI median minus UBI), but I'm not a right-wing UBI proponent, and I favor focusing first on taxing capital income equally to labor income as a revenue source.

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