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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by jon_richards on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:16AM (#41043790)
Wikipedia has a nice graph showing how UBI and NIT are effectively the same thing

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_income

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by ajnin on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:51AM (#41044647)
It's the same only if the income tax is linear, which is almost never the case ? Most places have progressive income tax rates.
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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by jon_richards on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:47AM (#41047290)
For a given progressive income tax rate with UBI, you can make an equivalent progressive tax rate with NIT.
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