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It’s not universal unless everyone gets the same amount.
by glitchc 5y ago
It’s not universal unless everyone gets the same amount.
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoThey do get given the same amount, they just get different amounts taken back depending on how much they earned.
- glitchc 5y agoThat’s just a tax. Wouldn’t progressive taxation already take care of that? Do we need another tax just to make UBI work?
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoNo, UBI plus current progressive taxes is basically identical to the negative income tax idea. You might want to adjust levels or whatever but that's not strictly necessary. Some people, mostly people who don't like the idea of UBI seem to think you can't tax it back again and everyone needs to always get X extra every year on top of what they would have before. I'm not sure if they dislike UBI because they think that, or think that because they dislike UBI.