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Re:WFH – Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveil... by planede on Monday June 05, 2023 @08:01AM (#36195094)
I like the idea of UBI, but I agree with you that it can't replace all welfare. But UBI replacing unemployment welfare is not another welfare system in addition to the existing one. It would simplify the existing welfare system by replacing a complex part (unemployment welfare) with a simpler one (UBI).

I think it worth considering UBI in this light. I'm not a proponent of eliminating all other welfare.

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Re:WFH – Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveil... by mantas on Monday June 05, 2023 @09:23AM (#36195846)
However, most UBI theories rely on taking all welfare funds and redistributing them evenly. If you take unemployment welfare only, you're looking into massive tax increases or UBI that won't provide even very basic living.
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