• Killer57@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Or you know the better option of raising the tax rate, to pay for ubi

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      1 month ago

      Napkin math will demonstrate to you why UBI is not sustainable on scale, even with an increase in taxes.

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 month ago

        mind doing that napkin math?

        I did a while ago and i found that if an annual wealth tax rate of 3% on wealth above $10 million is implemented, then it would be enough to give all americans a monthly handout of $300, and that was by rather conservative estimates. It might be higher.

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          1 month ago

          I did it above if you are interested.

          Do you believe $300 a month is sufficient for survival using the core idea of UBI?