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The result is the same but the details matter. One is having to prove you are under threshold (documentation, paperwork etc) - the other, everyone gets it, so
by medvezhenok 5y ago
The result is the same but the details matter.
One is having to prove you are under threshold (documentation, paperwork etc) - the other, everyone gets it, so much less overhead for the poor (the overhead is on the side of the people who can afford it - the VAT tax or whatever is on the other side)
It’s about who has to deal with the paperwork
- zozbot234 5y agoThis is a tax credit, so there ought to be very little paperwork involved other than filing for your taxes - I agree that this kind of arrangement makes sense. It's just that describing it as a subsidy for lower incomes is inherently fairer and more accurate than trying to make it into something "universal".