The way someone with $100,000,000 would perceive $1000 is how someone with $100,000 would perceive $1.

  • @jeffw
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    8 months ago

    Except that was Yang’s plan. That’s how it works when it’s been attempted at a federal level. Not to mention that’s the only way it would pass. It’s not BS when that’s literally how it’s been proposed in US law. Some proposals even remove SNAP along with SSI.

    There is no assumption being made here.

    Edit: here’s an excellent explanation of why it won’t work: https://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/07/05/universal-basic-income-socialist-case-against/