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To make more than $1k/month, or whatever the basic income is. The current welfare system tends to provide a disincentive to work, since if you work you lose yo
by streptomycin 12y ago
To make more than $1k/month, or whatever the basic income is.
The current welfare system tends to provide a disincentive to work, since if you work you lose your benefits. A basic income system would eliminate that. So you have to factor that in too when thinking about how the incentive to work would change. There are a lot of Americans now who want to work but can't because it would cost them way too much money.
- kenrikm 12y agoIndeed so we should tax people for being poor to make them work. <sarcastic> There are two extremes at work here, either you try to help and incentivize not working (I will lose my free student aid if I make more then X) or you punish them for not working (lazy tax). Sometimes it seems like the best solution would be to do nothing, though I know there's a fine balance that could be struck that's better then "nothing" it seems our current political climate does not do a good job of finding actual solutions to problems (I.E helping people improve their lives/conditions)