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Another way is to put some sales tax revenue towards funding UBI. This is progressive because people who consume more than average will pay more into it, and pe
by mitthrowaway2 1y ago
Another way is to put some sales tax revenue towards funding UBI. This is progressive because people who consume more than average will pay more into it, and people who consume less than average will get more out of it, and busy people don't have to spend their time organizing receipts to claim their sales tax rebate.
- rayiner 1y agoThat’s one of the proposals: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/economy/government-tariff-revenue https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/economy/government-tariff-rev... “Trump has floated a combination of two options: paying down the government’s multi-trillion debt and sending ‘tariff rebate checks’ to Americans.”