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guaranteed basic income is a tautology. "A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirem
by ramblerman 11y ago
guaranteed basic income is a tautology.
"A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement."
- imartin2k 11y agoYou are right, "unconditional basic income" would be the better term, in my eyes.
- dragonwriter 11y agoBasic income, guaranteed basic income, basic income guarantee, unconditional basic income, guaranteed minimum income, minimum income guarantee, and a few other things are different names different people have used for the same thing. The definition you provide is what all those terms often name, but the terminology "basic income" alone is not universally accepted as the standard label for it. Additionally, some of those terms have, in some contexts, been used for things which don't meet that definition.