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Which part of the right supports basic income?
by pcmonk 12y ago
Which part of the right supports basic income?
- rcfox 12y agoBy implementing basic income, you no longer need welfare, public healthcare, etc. You get a smaller government body as a result.
- molecules 12y agoSome Libertarians have kicked around the idea. Basic income would replace all of the welfare bureaucracies. EDIT: rcfox beat me to it by a few minutes.
- Futurebot 12y agoThis is a topic on Cato, Reason, and several other prominent publications of the right. Here's one: http://www.cato-unbound.org/2014/08/04/matt-zwolinski/pragmatic-libertarian-case-basic-income-guarantee http://www.cato-unbound.org/2014/08/04/matt-zwolinski/pragma... and another one: http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/26/scrap-the-welfare-state-give-people-free http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/26/scrap-the-welfare-stat... Disagreements on implementation are real (some on the right want this implemented only as Friedman's negative income tax, which is not a true GBI, and some on the left want a GBI in addition to the current welfare state), but there is still significant agreement, especially over the past few years.