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My issue is the power over the people that the Basic Income would give the government. "Vote for me and basic income goes up!!" and the ways it will be manipula
by Mendenhall 10y ago
My issue is the power over the people that the Basic Income would give the government. "Vote for me and basic income goes up!!" and the ways it will be manipulated by those in government in 10,20,100 years. Sounds good, but I can think of a million ways this can easily be abused.
- zajd 10y agoHow is this any different from "Vote for me and taxes go down!!"? At least we'd have a different choice.
- Mendenhall 10y agoFor me its different in a few ways. For one the amount given will never go down, people would flip. Second by the sales pitch of "taxes goes down" the government does not get more control over and of the money. Vast majority don't like the idea of taxes being raised on them no matter who they are. The sales pitch of "get more money" will also be used to hide and justify taxes going up etc. They will do things like only talk about how you get more money and not mention things like they will tax more. Its an easier more manipulative sales pitch that it becomes capable of. Also over the course of time tons of changes, additions, etc will be added to it. I am not completely against the idea, it sounds great in practice but I just see way too many things that can go wrong. I also don't think its wise to put too many eggs in one basket.
- zajd 10y ago> Vast majority don't like the idea of taxes being raised on them no matter who they are. I don't know, people in my town regularly vote for tax increases and vote for politicians who want to raise taxes. Seems like a political issue tbqh.