Re:The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income
by dragonwriter on Thursday December 05, 2013 @06:13PM
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> The poverty line has been suggested as a break-even point in some BI proposals
I haven't seen any proposals that have explicitly targetted a particular break-even point -- most BI proposals I've seen have targetted near-poverty-line levels of BI, which suggests a substantially higher break-even point.
(I've seen a few discussions of targetting a no-nominal-income-effect point considering BI and any necessary revenue measures, typically around the median pre-BI income, but that's not exactly the same as targetting a break-even point as you've described it, as break even is no real income effect, after considering inflation effects.)
I haven't seen any proposals that have explicitly targetted a particular break-even point -- most BI proposals I've seen have targetted near-poverty-line levels of BI, which suggests a substantially higher break-even point.
(I've seen a few discussions of targetting a no-nominal-income-effect point considering BI and any necessary revenue measures, typically around the median pre-BI income, but that's not exactly the same as targetting a break-even point as you've described it, as break even is no real income effect, after considering inflation effects.)