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No, because the basic income would be paid for by a tax. Tax revenues increases with inflation too.
by ppereira 13y ago
No, because the basic income would be paid for by a tax. Tax revenues increases with inflation too.
- kbolino 13y agoAnd that increase in tax revenue will be offset by an increase in prices, which in turn will be offset by an increase in the UBI, ... To expound on the point, absent other economic factors, an inflation-adjusted UBI pretty much guarantees that next year's inflation will be greater than this year's inflation.
- ppereira 13y agoI think you are falling for Zeno's paradox. There exists an equilibrium with a constant percentage rate of tax redistributed as a lump sum that will not affect inflation at all. If the lump sum is larger than the tax revenue, there will be inflation, and if it is smaller there will be deflation. Just look at the total money supply. Prices in general are not directly affected because this is a redistribution of income.