Squareallworthy On UBI Plans

To implement UBI at the expense of every other social program is to make the presumption that the people helped by those programs are competent and capable of shifting to a life of budgeting and managing their own money and of avoiding exploitation. Think of the most vulnerable people you’ve ever encountered and remember that, with UBI, they all ge... See more

Basic jobs don’t help the disabled. (...) First, the disability application process is a mess. Imagine the worst DMV appointment you’ve ever had to obtain the registration to a sketchy old car you got from a friend, then multiply it by a thousand – then imagine you have to do it all while being too disabled to work. (...) Second, disability is beco... See more

On the face of it, this makes the numbers come close to acceptable. It also means that UBI schemes essentially take money out of the pot currently reserved for the needy and disabled, and distribute it to able-bodied people plus the needy and disabled. Such a scheme has the potential to have good effects: by eradicating welfare traps that keep peop... See more

Quel serait l’impact écologique du revenu universel ? La version capitaliste défend l’utilité d’un revenu universel pour éviter une hausse de la pauvreté qui anéantirait la demande : elle vise ainsi à soutenir la consommation. Mais la version anticapitaliste suggère qu’il pourrait permettre une diminution de la production et de la consommation supe

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