@lulach_cuardach @simplic10 @ArthurFrDent actually this is an advantage: GBI properly implemented removes welfare traps.
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent Low GBI + no welfare penalty for working a low-paid job means poor are more incentivized, not less1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent No. This is flat-out absurd. You need to think harder about what 'enough to live on' means.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent Then about incentive structures and welfare traps (poor are not magically immune to incentives).1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent nb. revenue neutral GBI would be about $400/mo under current budget conditions.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent Poor on welfare don't work because they are aggressively penalized--eff. marginal tax rate ~90%+1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent "enough to live on" means a) don't have to eat out of dumpsters b) don't sleep in woods.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent nb: the current system fails miserably at achieving that level of support, because1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@lulach_cuardach @simplic10 @ArthurFrDent means-testing excludes the actual worst off--severely mentally ill, intellectually disabled etc.
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@lulach_cuardach@simplic10@ArthurFrDent because they can't navigate the system/please the gatekeepers.0 replies 0 retweets 2 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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