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The tax rate being roughly 30% give or take means that those things cost most people less than a third of their incomes. They still pay for them and are mostly
by gentleman11 5y ago
The tax rate being roughly 30% give or take means that those things cost most people less than a third of their incomes. They still pay for them and are mostly independent. Universal income means that 100% of the system depends on the government and their broad rules about who gets what with no possibility of nuance
I’m not talking about a small supplemental ubi btw, I mean a future where it’s most peoples primary income stream
- totony 5y agoI get where you are coming from but even then, a large portion of the population already depends on government directly for their income (7-8%) + all the government contractors, etc. Plus the government decides if a lot of business live or die (import tax, regulations, etc.) That's not including all the obtuse tax laws that affect people's income to a huge degree (see the recent article on how billionaires get around to not paying taxes). It's hard to argue most people are not already mostly dependent on the whims of the government for their income (although imo the utilities the government provides are more important than the income).