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You do not need UBI for that, you just need a few more options or packages for people to choose from, which would be trivial to provide.
by matte_black 9y ago
You do not need UBI for that, you just need a few more options or packages for people to choose from, which would be trivial to provide.
- yorwba 9y agoMore like one package per person. Of course that's still trivial to provide, as you say. You just give everyone a fixed set of points they can allocate to the options available according to their needs. I propose to call those points "money".
- matte_black 9y agoEven if you want a point system it becomes a separated currency from actual money.
- aeorgnoieang 9y agoBut money is fungible, even among different currencies; think exchange rates.
- matte_black 9y agoWhat’s the value of a currency that can only be used to buy limited items?
- ghaff 9y agoSomewhat lower because of transaction costs associated with barter and black markets but it still has value.
- icebraining 9y ago"The black market for food stamps — where recipients sell the federal vouchers for cash — has grown by 30 percent in recent years, the Agriculture Department said in a just-released study. (...) In figures, sales of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program vouchers brought in $858 million in cash in the 2009-2011 period, compared to $330 million in the 2006-2008 time frame."