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> How is he proposing to pay for UBI aged 18-64? Everybody currently aged between 18-64 who is not living in poverty or is unemployed is already receiving that

> How is he proposing to pay for UBI aged 18-64? Everybody currently aged between 18-64 who is not living in poverty or is unemployed is already receiving that amount of money (or more) from her/his employer. Hence, as a cheap palor trick you could just relabel part of the paycheck as UBI (so the money is there). In addition, you could then subsume most social services inside a flat amount, saving money in admin overhead. The hypothetical counter argument is that lots of people would not work if given UBI. This has been shown to be false when tested. Also, social services in Germany and many Scandinavian countries are not that far off and these countries do not have 50%+ unemployment.

anarazel 9y ago
> Also, social services in Germany and many Scandinavian countries are not that far off and these countries do not have 50%+ unemployment. Especially in the case of Germany they're pretty far off. After loosing employment, iff you're looking for new employment, you indeed get ~60% of your former salary. For a maximum of 12 months, if you were employed for 2 years. But after that, or if you never worked, it's considerably less. ~400EUR, plus additional money for rent. Additionally there's age dependent additional money for each kid (~240EUR - 316EUR). And if you've independent income/wealth you're not eligible.