tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post9060658547376754490..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Benjamin Lascia — The American Enterprise Institute releases a proposal for a universal basic incomemike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-24724982189289527632017-07-17T12:04:55.568-04:002017-07-17T12:04:55.568-04:00As always, I prefer a means tested BIG to a UBI, a...As always, I prefer a means tested BIG to a UBI, and I have long suggested that health care and child support should be provided separately from the basic income. <br /><br />Note that the UBI is not being pushed by poor people, who, dating back to Martin Luther King and A. Philip Randolph, advocated a JIG, not a UBI. Rather the UBI is being pushed by affluent libertarians on the right and by urban professional "progressives" on the left. <br /><br />The urban professionals want a UBI -- which they imagine would pay $40,000, not $13,788 -- so they can quit their jobs and write poetry. <br /><br />Lately the UBI has dominated the debate while the mean-tested BIG has been ignored. I believe that a UBI could be made to work, but it would be far more complicated than making a means-tested BIG work. There is more than one way to handle a basic income and the devil is in the details. <br /><br />If we are really concerned about helping the poor -- as opposed to writing poetry or reducing the size of government -- then any basic income proposal should be focused on how to help the maximum number of poor people for the least cost and least rules and regulations. <br /><br />Dan Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189866002273597534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-17891678623394819582017-07-17T08:21:48.426-04:002017-07-17T08:21:48.426-04:00This would hurt the rich as less income is availab...This would hurt the rich as less income is available to buy what they sell.mmcoskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340832287496890370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-88376047826251229032017-07-17T08:00:02.871-04:002017-07-17T08:00:02.871-04:00A basic income of $13,788 for individuals over the...A basic income of $13,788 for individuals over the age of 18? You've got to be fucking kidding me?MRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878920695841363553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-91992052833991346702017-07-17T07:56:17.066-04:002017-07-17T07:56:17.066-04:00Jesus Fucking Christ. Get rid of Medicare, Medicai...Jesus Fucking Christ. Get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc? For what a UBI of $3000/month, if that? Efficiency isn't the reason we have a society, or an economy.MRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878920695841363553noreply@blogger.com