UBI is back in the news, which means confused takes about UBI are back in the news. I said most of what I have to say in this thread:https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/737895094460780544 …
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We need to reckon with the welfare trap problem. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_trap …) It's very difficult for people dependent on benefits to improve their situation, because they lose benefits as their income increases. This can create effective marginal tax rates of 90% or more!
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The point of UBI isn't to give everyone magical freebucks. It's forced by basic mathematics: making the low end of the income curve less perverse and abusive. This means _lowering_ the average benefit, but removing the strings that trap people at the same time.
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What do you think of the idea/assertion any explicit UBI would just be preyed upon by landlords increasing rent accordingly, etc? My first guess is w/ the UBI you you need to be able to move to a cheaper/better-value rent property
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We already have section 8 housing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) …
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oh, duh, forgot about that. With UBI I doubt it won't come without strings like Yang's, for now, fairly unknown "digital social credit" system. https://www.yang2020.com/policies/human-capitalism/ … Ctrl+f "digital social credit"
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Yeah if you add strings it's not UBI any more, it's just another welfare program with no real justification compared to the existing ones
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I suppose the best you can hope for is automation leaders, if it really does cause mass redundant peoples, will decide to share in the bounty. Easy to doubt they won't want some sort of idelological compliance to come along with it.
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