Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right...
by zozbot234 on Sunday September 05, 2021 @03:03PM
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> To begin to have UBI you'd have to increase taxes substantially
These would be far less of a burden than the implied taxes arising due to existing means-tested welfare. The incentive distorting effect from that sort of means-testing is extremely high, and the whole point of the UBI/NIT is to dispense with that.
These would be far less of a burden than the implied taxes arising due to existing means-tested welfare. The incentive distorting effect from that sort of means-testing is extremely high, and the whole point of the UBI/NIT is to dispense with that.