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UBI would be such a big tax burden, that politicians would start promising to abolish it. Hence, I don't think it could last in a democracy.
by antiquark 2y ago
UBI would be such a big tax burden, that politicians would start promising to abolish it. Hence, I don't think it could last in a democracy.
- dsm4ck 2y agoAt least in America, entitlement programs, once enacted, are so popular they have been impossible to remove, as most recently evidenced by the attempts to get rid of obamacare. See also social security and medicare.
- firesteelrain 2y agoThey have been slowly chipped away.
- ttyprintk 2y agoMore precisely, it pays out more in benefits than it collects in taxes. If it reaches insolvency in 2034, Gen-X will be the big losers, but that bloc was never big enough to swing elections.
- firesteelrain 2y agoGood thing the US isnt a democracy.
- red011 2y ago[flagged]