Many people will be surprised to learn that the UBI concept has supporters on the right.
Charles Murray, a U.S libertarian leaning conservative, supports the universal basic income.
Milton Friedman supported a version of it called the "negative income tax".Supporters on the right see it as a more efficient replacement for the current welfare system and a grand compromise with the left and centrists for an overall smaller and less intrusive government. Typically, they advocate that it should be introduced in combination with a flat tax and a commitment to balanced budgets.Personally, I’m agnostic about the concept. I see […]
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