News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0. Parent comment

Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by hcurtiss on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:32PM (#23993856)
I haven't listened to those lately, but I don't recall them calling for a UBI. Didn't they redistribute it back to the carbon taxpayers?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by alex_young on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:34PM (#23993865)
Yeah, the carbon tax is just equally distributed back to everyone. Just like UBI.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by hcurtiss on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:40PM (#23993913)
As I recall, if you paid more carbon tax you got more back. That is not, I think, how UBI is supposed to work (e.g., those paying more taxes don't get a higher UBI).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by skosch on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:02PM (#23994105)
Everyone gets back the same amount. You can't even know how much carbon tax you paid, because it's levied at the source. It's a redistribution scheme at the expense of polluters.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by Ericson2314 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:53PM (#23994033)
I really hope you recall incorrectly, because that indeed makes 0 sense except as the result of a farcical political system.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by alex_young on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:52PM (#23994030)
If you received a refund in the same ballpark as you were taxed there would be no point to it right?
[ Parent | on HN ]