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The Panama Papers prove it: we can afford a universal basic income
- pink_dinner 11y agoThis is such a simplistic view of UBI. In the short-term, it might work. In the long-term, you will have more people relying on the income and less people paying anything back into the system. We should be enpowering people to get some sort of an education, learn a new skill, and make a living. Not creating more wage-slaves that will only be a burden on everyone. On top of all this, companies and the wealthy would most likely move if they had to pay a tax rate that is this excessive. What we really need to be doing is looking over our tax laws and figuring out a happy medium that will keep the people with the most money from leaving in droves. I feel like there is a tendency to punish anyone with money.
- a3n 11y agoHave you ever changed jobs because you wanted more money? I imagine lots of people would want more than 12,000/year.
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