Re:The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income
by mindcrime on Thursday December 05, 2013 @01:32PM
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Background: I consider myself a Voluntaryist or Anarcho-Capitalist libertarian, and I can't see how I could ever support anything that violates NIF[1][2].
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That was more interesting and enlightening than I expected, to be quite honest. My initial thought was that there would be no way to reconcile a "basic income" with the NIF principle, unless said basic income is paid entirely voluntarily. But the historical rectification argument strikes me, at first blush anyway, as having some credence.
That said, I'm a long way from fully onboard with this as long as it's rooted in our present system of taxation which is fundamentally based on coercion / force, or threat of same.
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That was more interesting and enlightening than I expected, to be quite honest. My initial thought was that there would be no way to reconcile a "basic income" with the NIF principle, unless said basic income is paid entirely voluntarily. But the historical rectification argument strikes me, at first blush anyway, as having some credence.
That said, I'm a long way from fully onboard with this as long as it's rooted in our present system of taxation which is fundamentally based on coercion / force, or threat of same.
[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation_of_force