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"Announce it to big celebration and then put in the fine print that it's only for single-parent households making less than $100 a year"
They've been pulling a lot of this shit lately, like that dental program a while back
Hi friends I didn’t actually click the link so my skepticism may be unfounded. But I have a few concerns open to criticism or validation lol
In a primarily private sector “market” supply chain etc does basic income not just put downward pressure on wages in the form of a pseudo business subsidy ick.
Or if everyone has the same level of income before labour income **without pricing control **we end up just raising the floor on the cost of living? Sure there are long tails where only nice to have things get more expensive but in aggregate.
I’m 100% for wealth redistribution and believe heavily in public goods so please don’t at me as a capitalist pig 🐽. Maybe I’m missing the mark but adding more money into our under served areas of society without thoughtful discussion about financial literacy and about where that money inevitability ends up we’ve already lost the plot on the program lol
Thank you if you made it to the end of my poorly punctuated run on mess ❤️
Not super well informed on the subject, but the idea is that money looses it's value the more you have. If you're struggling to make ends meet, even a small amount of additional income helps a ton, but if you're already stable, that same amount is inconsequential.
Now for the increase in prices, again "cost of living" is not a single thing, so it can't increase uniformly across the board and affect everyone the same way. The various products have to stay competitive with each other and your local farmer doesn't suddenly need more income either. So I dont expect essentials to get a massive price bump. The one thing we have to be careful with is rent, and that's already an issue.
This sounds really good, for a country that has been growing inflation adjusted per capita GDP the last decade that can afford it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXgOLCm54A
Canada just announced its increasing immigration for the elderly as well, from India and Pakistan. This party will do the same as its done the last decade, capital swallowing while overburdening our infrastructure and services.
Under the nuclear family approach, children over 18 living with their parents are considered separate families and can qualify independently, regardless of their parents’ income. This raises equity concerns because it may result in disproportionate benefits for high-income families.
In contrast, the economic family definition uses the combined income of all related individuals living in the same household, providing a more comprehensive and equitable basis for assessing eligibility.
So, if my daughter lives in my house, we're all related, and thus one economic family.
But, if my daughter moves into my neighbor's house, and their son moves into my house, we're now four economic families?
How about once a month, we just direct deposit the same amount into the bank account of each and every person over the age of 18?
How about once a month, we just direct deposit the same amount into the bank account of each and every person.
FTFY. Kids still cost a lot to raise
Simplicity makes it more difficult for paper-pushers to game the system to help the rich. So any suggestion to complicate it oughta be taken skeptically.