Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f...
by williamdclt on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:16PM
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> Contingent benefits disincentivize people from participating in the economy. People paid to do nothing... do nothing.
That's, at best, highly debatable. I would like data showing that (or the opposite)
> Under any economic regime there will be a poorest 20% at any given time.
That's not what "20% of the population living under the poverty line" means. It means that 20% of people don't earn enough to live decently, which is highly dependent on the economic regime
That's, at best, highly debatable. I would like data showing that (or the opposite)
> Under any economic regime there will be a poorest 20% at any given time.
That's not what "20% of the population living under the poverty line" means. It means that 20% of people don't earn enough to live decently, which is highly dependent on the economic regime