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Well, if a basic income were to be introduced at the state level, that still has no guarantee of continuing for any period of time.
by mnx 10y ago
Well, if a basic income were to be introduced at the state level, that still has no guarantee of continuing for any period of time.
- dragonwriter 10y agoThere is a substantial difference between open ended with no guarantee of continuing, and being explicitly close-ended. (Its equivalent to the difference between cutting a tax -- which might in principle later be restored -- and issuing an explicitly limited-term tax holiday, to use a well-known example.)
- mnx 10y agoYes, it is substantially different. I guess what I thought of was that if the UBI were to be implemented while not being widely (as in by well over 50% of the voters) accepted, say by a far-left political party, barely winning elections, it could be perceived similarly.