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By politically I'm imagining a politician campaigning on the promise to increase the basic minimum income. Vote for me and I'll get your basic income increased.
by Overtonwindow 11y ago
By politically I'm imagining a politician campaigning on the promise to increase the basic minimum income. Vote for me and I'll get your basic income increased. Don't vote for my opponent because they just want to cut your basic income! It's the tax issue all over again.
- twoodfin 11y agoExactly, and just as likely to be gummed up by complexity. After all, how can you be against teachers and firefighters receiving just a little more BI for their essential, thankless jobs?
- pgeorgi 11y agobut such considerations are what their actual income is for.
- Retric 11y agoYou forget the US is run by the rich, which is why this does not happen with Social Security. It's all about not having the benefit cut instead of increasing benefits or lowering retirement age.