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A comment on /r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrification. Parent comment

Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by relaxing on Monday February 07, 2022 @08:58PM (#30254075)
UBI doesn’t mean every expenditure suddenly becomes out of pocket.

The sensible move would be to keep disability, etc. as a form of insurance where costs are spread across the populace.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by nybble41 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:32AM (#30255235)
> The sensible move would be to keep disability, etc. as a form of insurance where costs are spread across the populace.

And now you're back where you started—you haven't eliminated these need-based programs at all, or reduced the bureaucracy. You've just added the UBI as an extra expense.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by relaxing on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:30AM (#30257226)
It’s not at all or nothing proposition. Your employer probably pays you a salary and offers you disability insurance too.
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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by giantg2 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @07:26AM (#30257618)
That's literally what the proposition in the link is - remove these existing programs and tax deductions to pay for the UBI.
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