Comment by hamilyon2
9 years ago
Oh, no. We tried that in Russia one hundred years ago.
At first it was good. More opportunities for the little men, yay!
Second generation was like: why do I have to work this complicated job? Strive? Mathematicians live no better than janitors. Overcrowded not-so good resorts with bad attitude (remember, no one have incentive to be polite, servicing others, since there is little money to get from eath individual customer. Almost everyone have same wealth)
Third generation is almost total stagnation. Everyone is just sitting in queue of some sort, waiting for hand-out from the almighty government.
Sometimes for years.
Production is forgotten, redistribution rules the world.
I think you are confusing "give everyone the same income" with "give everyone a basic income". Basic income is a floor, not a ceiling. It doesn't change much about the wealth distribution (except at the bottom).
USSR had more of the floor as well, it still had a large inequality. You could get much more resources (though not monies) if you chose to become a party bureaucrat.