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Think of UBI as another lever in a countries' monetary and fiscal policies. In fact is it completely insane that this is not already in the mix from a purely pr
by rorykoehler 6y ago
Think of UBI as another lever in a countries' monetary and fiscal policies. In fact is it completely insane that this is not already in the mix from a purely pragmatic perspective.
- jakeogh 6y agoIt's an authortarian dream. Got a fine? Just deduct it. Putting people on the take gives government significantly more leverage over them. Just wait till China pairs it with their social credit score.
- theboat 6y agoit...is? what else would you call sending stimulus checks to nearly every American? however shortlived, we effectively had UBI, helicopter money, or a negative income tax, whatever you wish to call it