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Will Switzerland give every adult $2,500 a month?
- tracker1 10y agoI'm not strictly in favor of the idea, but do feel it's better than the number of welfare programs, subsidies and bureaucracies that are often abused it can replace. By establishing an even distribution not open to abuse, it can work out better than the programs it replaces, while being a simpler accounting.
- billytetrud 10y ago"a rich country that can afford it" is an absolutely terrible argument. I agree with tracker1, its better than the bevy of welfare programs in the US for example. Better than this would be a negative income tax tho. http://economics21.org/html/replace-welfare-negative-income-tax-1479.html http://economics21.org/html/replace-welfare-negative-income-...
- billytetrud 10y agoActually, I take my comment back. As this article shows, the negative income tax and basic income are actually the same because taxes claw back the basic income at higher levels of income (if you have a progressive tax structure): http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/welfare-pensions/the-negative-income-tax-and-basic-income-are-pretty-much-the-same-thing http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/welfare-pensions/the-negative-...
- billytetrud 10y agoAlso, "only 10% of voters people said they would consider quitting their job" Trying to minimize 10% here is strange - that's a massive percent. I'm surprised its so high.