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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by kbolino on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:37PM (#6029045)
If there was a UBI, then the yearly raises everyone voted themselves would be a significant cause of inflation.
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by ppereira on Thursday July 11, 2013 @05:45PM (#6029452)
No, because the basic income would be paid for by a tax. Tax revenues increases with inflation too.
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by kbolino on Thursday July 11, 2013 @06:47PM (#6029788)
And that increase in tax revenue will be offset by an increase in prices, which in turn will be offset by an increase in the UBI, ...

To expound on the point, absent other economic factors, an inflation-adjusted UBI pretty much guarantees that next year's inflation will be greater than this year's inflation.

Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by ppereira on Friday July 12, 2013 @01:15AM (#6031045)
I think you are falling for Zeno's paradox. There exists an equilibrium with a constant percentage rate of tax redistributed as a lump sum that will not affect inflation at all. If the lump sum is larger than the tax revenue, there will be inflation, and if it is smaller there will be deflation. Just look at the total money supply. Prices in general are not directly affected because this is a redistribution of income.