This would seem to be one of those obvious statements – if we tax everyone more and then borrow more as well then we can afford to give everyone some money – a universal basic income. Rather a well, D’Oh, sorta statement really. Government takes in lots more money then it is able to dole out more.
That it’s also an appalling idea is also true but then it does come from Howard Reed so that’s another obvious statement. Our task is only to check why, not whether, it’s appalling. And the reason why is that it puts us all […]
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