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> where would you find the extra trillions needed every year? From where does that number come? Will not the increased productivity of the population make up f
by hourago 4y ago
> where would you find the extra trillions needed every year?
From where does that number come? Will not the increased productivity of the population make up for any possible cost?
It seems that the USA has found a lot of trillions from to subsidize from oil and tech companies to wage war. Why are that costs more important than a real investment in the citizens of the USA?
- FartyMcFarter 4y ago> From where does that number come? The US has 258 million adults. If you give everyone $1000 a month that's $3.1 trillion a year. > wage war The whole budget for the department of defense is about $700 billion a year. > Will not the increased productivity of the population make up for any possible cost? I don't know, but it doesn't seem like a given that UBI would increase productivity to that extent (or that it increases productivity at all).
- simonsarris 4y ago> Will not the increased productivity of the population make up for any possible cost? Almost every cash transfer program ever studied showed it a work disincentive, not a productivity boost. Some study results compilation: https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2019/basic_income_reduces_employment.html https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2019/basic_income_reduces...