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Poverty, social misery and drug addiction no doubt leads to lots of petty crime but hostage takings and illegal immigration is not going to get solved with UBI.
by stef25 8y ago
Poverty, social misery and drug addiction no doubt leads to lots of petty crime but hostage takings and illegal immigration is not going to get solved with UBI.
Decriminalisation of drugs (Portugal) would not negate the need of going after importers and large scale dealers.
- JulianMorrison 8y agoFull drug legalization with standardized safe supply would make importing it as negligible a business as moonshine running. To solve illegal immigration, UBI has to be extended globally - and then the border can simply be taken down.
- stef25 8y agoLofty ambitions, won't ever happen.