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0 pointsdahdum8y ago0 comments

SNAP, section 8 housing, disability, and other programs are still necessary under UBI unless UBI is absurdly high. If is that high, then the sick/elderly/disabled are hugely disadvantaged relative to those who are not - not a desirable outcome for me.

We should overhaul our existing programs to provide graduated phase outs instead of creating new entitlement programs.

I see UBI in general as having far more perverse incentives than welfare does right now (and they are bad).

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specialist8y ago

When you say "entitlement", I hear "progressive wealth redistribution".

Government is the source of all wealth. So administering cashectomies is a fine way to mitigate hoarding.

Once our Ginni coefficient is dragged back into the "democracy promoting" realm, we can talk about liberal over reach.

dahdumOP8y ago

> Government is the source of all wealth. So administering cashectomies is a fine way to mitigate hoarding.

Labor is the source of all wealth, not government.

> Once our Ginni coefficient is dragged back into the "democracy promoting" realm, we can talk about liberal over reach

What exactly is the democracy promoting range? How does it promote democracy exactly? The richest Americans are nearly split between democrats/republicans, so this isn't a 1 party issue.

I don't think UBI is over reach, I think it's bad policy.

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