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Actually the net is less than zero, thanks to government inefficiencies. Usually the fact that it's less than zero-sum is swept aside and covered up by selling
by escherize 11y ago
Actually the net is less than zero, thanks to government inefficiencies. Usually the fact that it's less than zero-sum is swept aside and covered up by selling the future taxing power of the state via increasing the debt.
- loumf 11y agoMost schemes have basic income replace other gov't programs as something far simpler to administrate -- so, it's probably net-positive.
- escherize 11y agoLet's say I take $1 from you, and give x (where x < 1) cents to someone else, when my friend used to take $2 from you and give y (where y < 2) cents to someone else. Which of these situations constitutes a net gain?