Summit Daily letters: Guaranteed income not a bold idea

Guaranteed income not a bold idea

Your Sept. 6 syndicated article "Fear of robots taking jobs spurs a bold idea: guaranteed income" compelled a response. This "bold idea" entails yet another tax on Hawaii’s already heavily taxed tourist industry to fund another government entitlement. Bold? Sounds suspiciously familiar; yet with inevitable catastrophic consequences. Given a guaranteed level of income to sustain a basic standard of living in "paradise," how many would simply opt out of working? How many workers in the tourist industry — the very lifeblood of guaranteed income — would it take to opt out of working before […]

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