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The good life for everybody is cheaper than morbid wealth for one percent.
The good life for everybody is cheaper than morbid wealth for one percent.
Gert V 🇵🇸
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Wouldn’t it be something to see this rolled out to people working on free (as in freedom) technology for the common good so we didn’t have to bake in ways of surviving under the current capitalist system into the tech we’re designing just so we can pay the “cost of living?”
“Sustainable” under capitalism has a very different meaning – it means making a profit (even if you’re a not-for-profit) whereas “sustainable” in general has no such connotation.
#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #BasicIncome #PostCapitalism #tech #freeAsInFreedom #commons #commonGood https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/115376591388986978
Wouldn’t it be something to see this rolled out to people working on free (as in freedom) technology for the common good so we didn’t have to bake in ways of surviving under the current capitalist system into the tech we’re designing just so we can pay the “cost of living?”
“Sustainable” under capitalism has a very different meaning – it means making a profit (even if you’re a not-for-profit) whereas “sustainable” in general has no such connotation.
#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #BasicIncome #PostCapitalism #tech #freeAsInFreedom #commons #commonGood https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/115376591388986978
"Why Universal Basic Income Is the Answer to Poverty, Insecurity, and Inequality" — @scottsantens
Gabriele Svelto
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"When it comes to UBI, and you don’t want those over $100k getting it, then just make sure those earning $100k pay more in new taxes than the amount of UBI."
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"I also think people would be less worried about UBI and inflation if they realized that a $1300/mo UBI doesn’t mean everyone’s after-tax income goes up by that much. Everyone gets the same UBI but everyone does not pay the same amount of taxes for it. If you get $15k a year in UBI and your taxes go up $15k too, your disposable income goes up $0 which also means it cost the government $0."
Plus:
"As for drawbacks [...] For example, domestic abuse often drops significantly, both partner abuse and child abuse. An abuser may see that as a drawback, but I don’t. Another example is high interest lending. In some experiments, the loudest complainers are moneylenders who can no longer find people willing to take out loans with 500% interest rates. Oh no, I’m so sad for them."
-> Thank you very much for these very good answers!
#UBI#UniversalBasicIncome#BedingungslosesGrundeinkommen#IngresoMinimoVital
A reporter reached out to me last month with questions about Universal Basic Income that required hours of my time to answer. Here are all the answers I wrote to all the questions, none of which ended up being published by them.
"When it comes to UBI, and you don’t want those over $100k getting it, then just make sure those earning $100k pay more in new taxes than the amount of UBI."
[...]
"I also think people would be less worried about UBI and inflation if they realized that a $1300/mo UBI doesn’t mean everyone’s after-tax income goes up by that much. Everyone gets the same UBI but everyone does not pay the same amount of taxes for it. If you get $15k a year in UBI and your taxes go up $15k too, your disposable income goes up $0 which also means it cost the government $0."
Plus:
"As for drawbacks [...] For example, domestic abuse often drops significantly, both partner abuse and child abuse. An abuser may see that as a drawback, but I don’t. Another example is high interest lending. In some experiments, the loudest complainers are moneylenders who can no longer find people willing to take out loans with 500% interest rates. Oh no, I’m so sad for them."
-> Thank you very much for these very good answers!
#UBI#UniversalBasicIncome#BedingungslosesGrundeinkommen#IngresoMinimoVital