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The most common thread in these articles is that people treat the discovery that young people don't retire after receiving $10k or €43.2k from a magic money tre
by notahacker 2y ago
The most common thread in these articles is that people treat the discovery that young people don't retire after receiving $10k or €43.2k from a magic money tree as proving UBI is economic panacea but handwave away the issue of paying for it.
- bell-cot 2y ago> The most common thread in these ... Superficially, yeah. I'd read that situation as a combination of (1) "millions of clicks from wanna-feel-happy lefties pay the bills" journalism, and (2) editors wanting "friends" in the "so rich I can afford to be a blinkered ideologue" progressive set. For those inclined to real-world public policy, the main result I see is that the complex "needs testing" part of existing entitlement and welfare programs is 99% ideological/political bullshit and bureaucratic make-work.