Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by marcosdumay on Thursday July 30, 2020 @03:13PM
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> After all, the only difference is the cost.
Hum... No, on the case of paying everybody (with increased taxes) or just the poor there is no difference in cost or total distributed.
What you do lose is the hability to focus your help into an specific group. Every UBI proponent will tell you this is a positive, because governments just suck at this, but it's a very powerful politic tool.
Hum... No, on the case of paying everybody (with increased taxes) or just the poor there is no difference in cost or total distributed.
What you do lose is the hability to focus your help into an specific group. Every UBI proponent will tell you this is a positive, because governments just suck at this, but it's a very powerful politic tool.