alphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoA Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Governmentwww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down132cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.ziptechnews@radiation.partyworldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up11.12Karrow-down1external-linkA Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Governmentwww.vice.comalphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square206fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.ziptechnews@radiation.partyworldnews@lemmit.online
minus-square@wombatula@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish17•9 months ago literally no downside except for needing to tax the rich So literally no downside at all then?
minus-square@pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoCan’t eat them and tax them at the same time 😞
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoThere are downsides. Some people require more income to stay alive than others. Think of people with decreased mental or physical capabilities. Those would loose a big chunk, which need to be subsidised somehow. But the upsides outweigh the downsides.
minus-square@wombatula@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoNot necessarily, that depends on how it shakes down.
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoIt’s a political downside, because anything involving taxes will turn some people against it.
So literally no downside at all then?
Can’t eat them and tax them at the same time 😞
There are downsides.
Some people require more income to stay alive than others. Think of people with decreased mental or physical capabilities.
Those would loose a big chunk, which need to be subsidised somehow.
But the upsides outweigh the downsides.
Not necessarily, that depends on how it shakes down.
It’s a political downside, because anything involving taxes will turn some people against it.