Comment by atemerev
9 years ago
There's nothing much to do. UBI is economically impossible with current population levels.
Usually, in times of global economic transitions such as this one, a world war happens. There are no unemployed in wartime.
9 years ago
There's nothing much to do. UBI is economically impossible with current population levels.
Usually, in times of global economic transitions such as this one, a world war happens. There are no unemployed in wartime.
Why do you think UBI is economically impossible? Studies I've seen point in the opposite direction (though they haven't been tested in really so far)
Modern pension / retirement plans are barely possible and probably will be significantly downsized.
UBI will require 20-30x more resources, which firmly put it in the realm of fantasies.
(I'm not saying anything about moral aspects of UBI. Just that it is impossible to actually implement, at least with modern population levels).
That's mostly a function of taxation though, isn't it? I agree that UBI won't be possible with the current system of mainly taxing workers and reducing the taxation of everyone else (common trend in most western countries), but that's not a given or do you think we won't be able to change that?
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