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Your heart is in the right place, but what you advocate isn't currently palatable to anyone, left or right, on the political spectrum. Instead, push for a fee-
by skosch 8y ago
Your heart is in the right place, but what you advocate isn't currently palatable to anyone, left or right, on the political spectrum.
Instead, push for a fee-and-dividend model – not entirely UBI, but similar in spirit. It's what most economists support, and it has enough bipartisan support [0] that there is actually a bill before Congress now that has a chance of passing.
[0] https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoMy heart is also the other side of the Atlantic. :) Being perfectly revenue neutral is NOT the aim. Dramatic and lasting behaviour change is, and enough redistribution that the solution doesn't create other huge problems. If fee and dividend is what the US is most amenable to, so be it. The biggest advantage (for the US) of fee and dividend is that it seems the most US market friendly of the alternatives that have been widely discussed. I have only ever heard it proposed in a US context. It's also the mechanism I know least about. Which is no reason at all not to try. Still, I'd be delighted to see the US, or anyone, successfully adopt it. It may even turn out to be the best of the proposed mechanisms.
- rebuilder 8y agoThe left wouldn't support UBI or government-led environmental projects?