What If Andrew Yang Was Right?

Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by Fjolsvith on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:26AM (#22605755)

Ah, but in Capitalism, they can choose not to work.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:49PM (#22610852)

You could have the choice to refuse the UBI and end up in a similar position to homeless today, though most homeless did not make a choice not to work.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by Fjolsvith on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:17PM (#22612224)

But, could you choose to not be one of the taxpayers to fund UBI?

I say if you want to do UBI, add a checkbox on the tax return where a person can choose to donate $1000 to the UBI program out of their tax refund. Let the UBI recipients all have an equal share of the funds collected from that checkbox.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:55PM (#22613473)

If you don't make any income, you aren't paying for it. You can have your issues with UBI, but "the government could force you to work to pay taxes" isn't any scarier than the current situation, where not working can just kill you.

Your opt in situation couldn't be considered UBI.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by Fjolsvith on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:48AM (#22644537)

Then why should I have to pay $1000 in taxes to get $1000 UBI?

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