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JCattheATMtoday at 10:50 AM4 repliesview on HN

It's not complicated. Just tax the corporations and billionaires a fair share and setup UBI.


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testaccount28today at 12:47 PM

or just pay the landlords directly and cut out the middlemen!

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tokioyoyotoday at 10:56 AM

It is very much so complicated though. The conversations about UBI in the internet has been around since I’ve been online. And since then, there hasn’t been a single large scale test of the system to see if it can be compatible with the current version of capitalism that’s ran in the most of the world.

Even if I support UBI morally, there isn’t even local appetite for it, yet alone global one. And you’ll run into quick questions about inflations, every chart from UBI-lite era of COVID, and so on.

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jplusequalttoday at 4:05 PM

UBI:

- 1. Will require a large increase in taxation.

- 2. Will likely cause some form of inflation.

- 3. Will not provide enough money for a majority of people to survive on.

- 4. Has no significant political support in the US.

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