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arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1external-linkA Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Governmentwww.vice.comalphacyberranger to World [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square237fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•9 months ago literally no downside except for needing to tax the rich So literally no downside at all then?
minus-square@pomodoro_longbreaklinkEnglish7•9 months agoCan’t eat them and tax them at the same time 😞
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoThere are downsides. Some people require more income to stay alive than others. Think of people with decreased mental or physical capabilities. Those would loose a big chunk, which need to be subsidised somehow. But the upsides outweigh the downsides.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoNot necessarily, that depends on how it shakes down.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoIt’s a political downside, because anything involving taxes will turn some people against it.
So literally no downside at all then?
Can’t eat them and tax them at the same time 😞
There are downsides.
Some people require more income to stay alive than others. Think of people with decreased mental or physical capabilities.
Those would loose a big chunk, which need to be subsidised somehow.
But the upsides outweigh the downsides.
Not necessarily, that depends on how it shakes down.
It’s a political downside, because anything involving taxes will turn some people against it.