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Fair enough, but I’m more concerned if UBI turned out to be a bad policy, would it be repealed? Practically speaking, the government has a poor track record of
by jonkho 6y ago
Fair enough, but I’m more concerned if UBI turned out to be a bad policy, would it be repealed? Practically speaking, the government has a poor track record of back pedaling on bad policies once they are in place.
- ajsnigrutin 6y agoI'm skeptical about this too.... especialy if the UBI was the 'thing' that got them elected in the first place. And people would be protesting because they'd be losing 'free money'.
- mercer 6y agoPossibly. it's an interesting point. I'd say no, though. My experience so far has been that my government has had no problems repealing (to various degrees) things like health care, education/student loans, or public ownership of various things. From my limited knowledge this has been similar in much of the Western world, at least.
- ajsnigrutin 6y agoBetter question is, after they took away/shrunk down the service, did they lower the taxes because of that cost saving? In slovenia, we still have the "financial crisis" (2008) 22% VAT, which we "temporary" increased back then (from 20%).
- mercer 6y agoTo a degree I feel discussing this is a distraction of my basic point (we have become productive enough even in just a few decades to indulge in these experiments). But honestly I think it's a great point. Our taxes did not go down, as far as I know. I'll check in one of the coming days, but I'd be shocked to find out it did...