A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Governmentalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world – 1161 points – 9 months agovice.com242Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment literally no downside except for needing to tax the rich 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.
literally no downside except for needing to tax the rich 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.
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.
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.