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The most important part of a universal basic income, in my opinion, is to not provide it for people under 18, otherwise, you're incentivizing people to have mor
by ddod 12y ago
The most important part of a universal basic income, in my opinion, is to not provide it for people under 18, otherwise, you're incentivizing people to have more children (which in many macro cases is a good thing, but in practice in the US would probably have immediate negative impacts).
- rwallace 12y agoIn reality, birthrates in every developed country have crashed below extinction level; providing an actually universal basic income might help reverse that. But if that's not going to be the case, if 'universal' is going to be a lie, then I'm opposed to the whole concept. Our society has too much bullshit ageism as it stands. The current social welfare system, flawed as it is, is better than bringing in more.
- eru 12y agoWhat makes 18 special?