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surfmike
on Aug 20, 2015
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Finland considers basic income to reform welfare s...
The benefit will be universal, but then you have to pay for it with increased taxes. So the increased marginal rate will disincentivize people from working.
seanflyon
on Aug 20, 2015
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With BI, You will never be in a situation where you will be poorer for earning a dollar you just won't be an entire dollar richer.
surfmike
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We could scale back benefits more gradually than we do today. That would be a lot cheaper than giving everyone a guaranteed pot of money.
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