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Wokko 
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http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/welfare-pensions/the-negative-income-tax-and-basic-income-are-pretty-much-the-same-thing/
That's a good article on the two different but same approaches that Stui and I mentioned.
The main critique of either proposal is disincentive to work, which is true of any welfare system. I would also add that if the nation allows anything approaching open borders or mass immigration then neither system is sustainable as they rely on individuals mostly paying into the system and only taking when needed, if someone comes into the country and immediately receives payments then nothing is gained. Again, this could apply equally to state run bureaucratic welfare as well. |
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pietillidie
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^Good one - will have a read of that and consider your comments.
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Skids 
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Yep, drunken rant..... sorry
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pietillidie
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^Lol, it was at least entertaining! Poor old David bit his tongue and tried to keep playing cricket!
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pietillidie
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| Wokko wrote: | http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/welfare-pensions/the-negative-income-tax-and-basic-income-are-pretty-much-the-same-thing/
That's a good article on the two different but same approaches that Stui and I mentioned.
The main critique of either proposal is disincentive to work, which is true of any welfare system. I would also add that if the nation allows anything approaching open borders or mass immigration then neither system is sustainable as they rely on individuals mostly paying into the system and only taking when needed, if someone comes into the country and immediately receives payments then nothing is gained. Again, this could apply equally to state run bureaucratic welfare as well. |
Wokko, haven't caught up on this topic yet, but I did just see this article, which I'll post here now for fear of forgetting to read it:
http://qz.com/611644/we-talked-to-five-experts-about-what-it-would-take-to-actually-institute-universal-basic-income/
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