A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government

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A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government
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Probably not.

It would be the solution, though. Redistribute excess to those who have less because there is no egregious excess without egregious poverty.

If they're not planning on taxing the wealthy, where is the money supposed to come from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFhKVCaadzE

Governments don't raise taxes to pay for things.

I'll watch that when I've been awake more than five minutes, but the question that immediately comes to mind is why do governments collect taxes at all? Sure, they could just print money to pay for everything, but I can see some problems with that approach.

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