(May 4, 2017 at 12:37 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Like I said in the original post, don't have a confident position on this. But increasing the tax, and adjusting government spendings, will help. I think the obstacle is more to do with whether or not enough people in power will agree to go through with the plan. And the psychological/financial consequences of such a plan being implemented.
I suppose you could raise taxes but you would have to raise them a lot to fund something like this, also you would risk driving away wealthy individuals and by extension jobs, so that probably isn't the best idea. I agree that government spending could be adjusted in general, but not for this.
The current unemployment benefits and other forms of social assistance (disability, etc) should be improved, not replaced with a universal income. Schemes like this might work in certain states or cities, but it would cost an absolute fortune to implement country-wide.
