Universal Basic Income

Discussion in 'Economics' started by Drawdown Addict, Jun 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM.

  1. zdreg

    zdreg

    Never underestimate the ability of governments to distort housing markets through regulation.. Result is always a shortage of houses and apartments.
     
  2. 2rosy

    2rosy

    it's already being done in one form or another and has unintended negative consequences. it won't change anything because of cultural differences between groups.
     
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  3. zdreg

    zdreg

    Capitalism and rule of law protecting private property are the two necessary ingredients to raise incomes.
     
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  4. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    This is not true.
     
  5. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    Well only thing is we currently have Crony Capitalism and a rampant law-breaking gubmint which encourages common folks to do like-wise.
     
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  6. zdreg

    zdreg

    Who is MB?
     
  7. spy

    spy



    I think his comments re: welfare traps are more interesting than those of UBI. I'm not sure UBI helps a crackhead... they'll just buy more crack, won't they?

    But, if UBI replaced all welfare programs it could work out better. There's no panacea so I'll take a Pareto improvement.
     
    Last edited: Jun 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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  8. S2007S

    S2007S

    This universal basic income has been spoken about for years and years and years. It's just one of those things you keep hearing about that never is or will be implemented. It's way to complex for anyone to grapple .. .they cant even fix the trillions upon trillions in debt overload and you think they are just going to hand out free money...nope never happening.
     
  9. spy

    spy

    This won't be a problem, there are many precedents. If/when it will happen IDK, but there are legit countries experimenting with the idea and there's a decent argument that it's a better way forward (imho). However, removing warts from an existing system is no easy task.
     

  10. *except for the current POTUS