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llamaimperative on July 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0

Do we know that those things aren’t pointless (more specifically, temporary gains)?

For many people, rent + other compulsory costs do exceed or exactly meet income. That’s precisely the problem.

djrobstep on July 30, 2020 [–]

Yes. We know from eg the Nordic countries that bulk redistribution works.

llamaimperative on July 30, 2020 | [–]

You mean the ones with high LVT on natural resources like oil?

djrobstep on July 30, 2020 | | [–]

The Nordic countries do not fund their welfare states from resources, they fund it from general taxation.

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