First and foremost, it’s important to understand why people might look in favor of a UBI in the first place. The UBI is considered as a limited or full replacement to the current tested system of welfare. Under the current system, welfare recipients’ benefits reduce and eventually stop completely in some cases, based upon how much income individuals independently earn. Naturally, this creates a disincentive to rejoin the labor force, because people fear a reduction in total income as welfare benefits are removed or if they believe the added income from a job isn’t worth the labor. Apparently the […]
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