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American Basic Income: An End to Poverty?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus11/17/2013 9:27:25 pm PST

re: #16 aagcobb

You could provide a refund on the sales tax for low income people, …

But… you’ve already made sure that everybody gets a guaranteed income, so does everyone just get a slightly bigger guaranteed income?

You might say, give those with only the guaranteed income a carbon-tax refund, but haven’t you then just moved up the bar for whether someone will look for the additional income from a traditional job?

And I still can’t figure out how a guaranteed income will keep social stratification from happening.