It would need to be means-tested, which would require a sprawling bureaucracy that would quickly become corrupt and inefficient. The beauty of a UBI is that it would require very little administration, which is one reason why the Right love it.
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I am. I have an article coming out soon, actually. Watch this space!
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Or make things worse when people no longer have any reason to acknowledge other people exist and have different opinions. The freedom to do whatever is the freedom to avoid uncomfortable things like tough compromises.
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One of the many reasons Status quo hard to change. Political class undermined.
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Just remember to reassess this notion after ten years, you’ll notice something...interesting.
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Or costs of rent & basic goods will be increased to match the 'known' amount of UBI, thereby putting people in a worse situation than current, while all the political stuff remains the same. Also, the Left - Right political spectrum is already obsolete. https://www.politicalcompass.org/
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Why is nobody talking about the horror of becoming totally dependent on a government with the UBI -- or arguably worse, bureaucracy?
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With the hodgepodge of programs we have in Canada, and likely other countries too, replacing them all with ubi could greatly reduce one group of dependents: Bureacracy.
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interesting idea.
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