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veen  ·  2280 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: After Universal Basic Income, The Flood – Simon Sarris – Medium

Well on the other other hand, the stigma alone could make it politically infeasble and societally unacceptable. Ezra Klein made the point that even if someone figures out a workable and affordable UBI system, it will take a long time before people are willing to accept large swaths of people leeching off the government in something that isn't retirement.





snoodog  ·  2280 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You could probably just reword and remarked the standard tax deduction to be UBI. The problem is that you would have to quadruple it or so