Things like UBI are conflicted in 2 senses: 1.) we don't understand impact (good news: tests happening!) 2.) wealth interest groups against
And even if the wealthy started paying more in tax than technically required (none of them do, it seems -- how civic-minded), look at firms
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The firms they tend to be huge shareholders in or founders/managers of *aggressively* lobby against paying reasonable tax liabilities.
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So the only functional mechanism you could imagine UBI deriving from (taxes) is being actively undermined by those who'd pay the most.
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