@averagejoe1 saidHow much money would you need to be paid to scrape faeces off a sewers wall? Or work a 10 hour shift in a hospital?
Let’s say you are right. Then you stop there . The next obvious step, by your simple logic, is that the wealth of which you speak should be spread around .
Is that what you are saying? Equality of sorts?
@shavixmir saidWhy not a basic tax rate percentage instead, 10% for everyone no matter what they make? That is also treating everyone financially the same way as well. Do you think that is a great burden on the poor, but they would be treated equally? Make the first 35K tax-free and everyone who makes 35K and one dollar would own 10.0 cents in tax. If the goal is equal treatment, then how much someone makes shouldn't matter they should be treated equally regardless.
You obviously don’t comprehend what a universal basic income means.
You do know that did a trial in Finland. Check out the results of that.
Realistically to get proper results you have to work out what the bureaucracy around unemployment (and controls, checks, etc.) cost, to see the actual picture of what can be saved.
For example: say you’re unemployed and get 500 ...[text shortened]... ng.
But to sum it up: it worked a bit, but not enough. The scale of the experiment was too small.
@kellyjay saidYou are on to something here. Look up Flat Tax, and Fair Tax. Two separate proposals to accomplish just that goal, to make it fair for everyone.
Why not a basic tax rate percentage instead, 10% for everyone no matter what they make? That is also treating everyone financially the same way as well. Do you think that is a great burden on the poor, but they would be treated equally? Make the first 35K tax-free and everyone who makes 35K and one dollar would own 10.0 cents in tax. If the goal is equal treatment, then how much someone makes shouldn't matter they should be treated equally regardless.
@shavixmir saidWell, if I were single and needed about $45k for a comfortable life, I would need $25/hr, working 8 hour days.
How much money would you need to be paid to scrape faeces off a sewers wall? Or work a 10 hour shift in a hospital?
However, if I were a single mom with two kids, I would probably need to be paid about $35/hr, no matter what job I would choose to do.