The #basicincome debate has an extraordinary number of people imagining that it'd come from income tax rather than eg capital income.
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Replying to @jimrossignol
The "well I am not paying for it" argument is completely hollow, because you wouldn't be, restructuring things would.
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Replying to @jimrossignol
Also I find the idea that it would cause a mass of people to opt out of employment to be baffling. Most people want more. They'll work.
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Replying to @jimrossignol
*If* they can work. When automation and changing markets means there are no jobs, but still loads of money, then the solution is clear.
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Replying to @jimrossignol
you just gave me an idea for a legitimate way to basic income for a nation state:
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Replying to @paniq @jimrossignol
1) tax use of robots (as they displace workers and destroy jobs) 2) fill coffers of the state with tax money
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3) with that money, restructure social services to provide what is effectively basic income.
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Replying to @paniq @jimrossignol
automated labor tax could also be instituted for imported goods, so no use outsourcing either.
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also, to make this even more amazing: 4) time-limited subsidization of companies that transition to robots
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Replying to @paniq @jimrossignol
and 5) state-level funding of robot development
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This is smart. One low-friction basic income program could replace a wide range of high-friction social programs.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @jimrossignol
not my idea though. the german proposal for basic income made this point.
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but yes, it's a good idea.
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