• superguy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Probably not.

    It would be the solution, though. Redistribute excess to those who have less because there is no egregious excess without egregious poverty.

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      1 year ago

      If they’re not planning on taxing the wealthy, where is the money supposed to come from?

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          1 year ago

          I’ll watch that when I’ve been awake more than five minutes, but the question that immediately comes to mind is why do governments collect taxes at all? Sure, they could just print money to pay for everything, but I can see some problems with that approach.

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        1 year ago

        From shutting down all existing forms of welfare and the expensive systems around them. You turned 17? Here’s your UBI. No means testing, no regular checks to see that you’re still applying for jobs to get your unemployment, no jumping through hoops to get disability etc. Turn 17, get UBI - simple and cheap.