3volver@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoA universal basic income to the ultra wealthy would be perceived by them as being given a couple pennies every monthmessage-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1161arrow-down1message-squareA universal basic income to the ultra wealthy would be perceived by them as being given a couple pennies every month3volver@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
The way someone with $100,000,000 would perceive $1000 is how someone with $100,000 would perceive $1.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s just pointless extra bureaucracy.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoOk, the alternative is removing SSI, which is always how it’s been presented in the USA. People always get excited and never read the full language in proposals. Here’s a great article on why it won’t work: https://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/07/05/universal-basic-income-socialist-case-against/
That’s just pointless extra bureaucracy.
Ok, the alternative is removing SSI, which is always how it’s been presented in the USA. People always get excited and never read the full language in proposals.
Here’s a great article on why it won’t work: https://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/07/05/universal-basic-income-socialist-case-against/