How about SS, is it based on need? Yet, it is very effective and popular.
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Actually it is partially. High earners don't get back the same proportion of what they put in as do low earners. It's somewhat redistributive.
may 23, 2025, 4:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Exactly. UBI is pretty much SS for all.
may 23, 2025, 4:22 pm • 0 0 • view
No its not. Social security is a pretty narrowly tailored saving program for retirees with costs ideally being paid for 1:1 with tax. UBI is effectively a tax credit without direct offset.
may 23, 2025, 4:28 pm • 0 0 • view
It is not a saving program, if it's paid for with tax. :) And UBI has to be paid for with tax, too. Math has to work, otherwise, can't do it.
may 23, 2025, 4:35 pm • 0 0 • view