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UBI of 10,000$ per year (still below poverty line) would cost 2.6 trillion $ per year. Meaning that confiscating __all__ the wealth of those worth over 1 million dollars would find the program for 5 months. Meaning that after a very small threshold, you would only be getting your money back or losing it. It would cause the rich to not be able to create jobs for the poor and consumer products for the middle class. In addition, it would be extremely dangerous during an election period as a candidate could just run and promise to make it higher to get more votes.

@Kosaki is obviously a troll

My main fear is that UBI would basically go into effect, the stupid poor would waste it all, and cry for another rent/food subsidy scheme, and then we're stuck with an even more expensive system.

I am not, I love post irony

Which I think is very likely in the USA/UK/Germany (soon)

Denmark if given an extremely strict immigration policy that restricted 1st gen migrants and even 2nd gen, would work alright with UBI

Waste it all on what? the newest iphone?

Yeah

they'd spend the months UBI on an iphone

then starve

I dont think the poor in those developed countries are stupid at all

or not pay rent

Most have basic education

People who are poor all their life are dumb

people who are poor for a year are unlucky

Just the ones who didnt go to school

They're dumb because they became educated in a worthless field

And even then, you can drop out and make a successful career

Yeah true

PHD = dumb

Yeap

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PhD = couldn't get a job with bachelors or masters or hs diploma

bachelors = default

masters = couldn't get a job with bachelors

Me in a few years

not really tho

Most associates/bachelors/masters/PhDs are actually BAD for you

if you apply to a fucking job with an associates in arts or something

they'll just assume you're gonna leave later

gets progressively worse

depends on the job

I think UBI for a limited period could work very well

Swiss do this

You get a stipend if you go to uni or training for an in demand skill

Say welding, during the 6 months training you get paid by the gov

As of now your success during the first 4 years of your life at 18(if going to uni) is almost entirely dependent on your family's wealth/stability

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Opps lol

@21tagtmeiern I think most employers besides large corporations look at anything that isn't STEM or specific career training (nursing, etc.) as a liability