I still favour a welfare/UBI hybrid that mends WINZ. And ... social value contribution that a UBI brings. All the research so...
... common mistake of treating a UBI and a flat tax separately... horse. You see the term UBI and think of it as... helpful to think of a UBI as a kind of negative... source) tax' and the 'negative UBI tax' and the which is...
... a historic correlation, between a UBI and the kind of neo...
UBI and flat tax are both ... parties. The combination of a UBI and a flat tax is.... All the trials of a UBI so far have pointed in...
...-one any favours. 1. A UBI would increase selective pressure on... bipartisan support for a durable UBI, one that is accepted across... to get a generous dignified UBI, one that approaches NZ Super...
... come with a full scale UBI, I would not expect much... old argument that given a UBI people would be lazy and...
... even complementary) goals from a UBI. Which is a recipe for... failure. A UBI, along with all the complementary... left wing supporters of a UBI have really thought it through...
... of that a left wing UBI would be good and a.... Here's a thought, maybe a UBI is a tool that is... best settings for a major UBI/Tax reform, maybe we should...
.... If the left wants a UBI be prepared to argue for... we will never get any UBI at all. It's a substantial... wrote a comment on the UBI here on 13 July 2008...
It's amazing how some left wingers are reluctant to consider supporting a UBI for little other reason that some right wingers think it's a good idea too.
... the usual currency as a UBI. The idea was tried in...
... any 'dole', nor is the UBI component of income 'taxed'. The... focus on the fixed untaxed UBI and the flat PAYE income...
... model, lets just consider a UBI paid at $10k and a... your PAYE balances out your UBI exactly and you are paying... paying $40k PAYE, less $10k UBI leaves a net of $30k..., but it shows how a UBI can be easily designed to...
An UBI is impossibly expensive. Only if ... 30% range), then essentially the UBI is entirely clawed back for... that everyone gets paid the UBI and most people immediately pay...
...NZ Super is essentially a UBI. It works incredibly well ...so it's probable that any UBI paid to retired people ... of payments; a child UBI paid at say $4k ...pa, and eventually an adult UBI paid at say $14k ...pa, leaving the retired UBI at say $22kpa. Each of...
All good stuff FW. Can I encourage you to think of a UBI more as a component of tax reform (think of it as a 'negative tax') than a welfare device. That way it becomes more natural to integrate structural tax reform into the whole package.
... on I first encountered the UBI idea almost 20 yrs ago... it. By contrast, because a UBI is universal and a right...
Ae, but welfare could do this too. Could, but on observation it doesn't. You could design welfare and a UBI to deliver exactly the same dollars to everyone regardless of circumstance ... and I would pick the positive psychology of the UBI every time.
... negate the fact that the UBI safety net is fixed soundly...
... the pro’s for a UBI, is that it gives people... the technical elegance of a UBI this was my big reason...
... action. First of all the UBI needs to be generous, significantly...
... it will pay a generous UBI to all 650,000 kiwis...
.... I've been banging about a UBI here for a very long....co.nz/iwgordon/ubinz.htm UBI can take a number of... I have long thought that UBI is the potential ‘circuit breaker...
... refuse to look at the UBI in isolation from the necessary... the framework largely correct. A UBI is best thought of as.... Secondly the value of a UBI is not solely in it's...
$400 pw is justified as a short term emergency measure to stimulate the economy. Any long term UBI is likely to be somewhere between $200 - 300 pw.
... people who will collect the UBI & try to live on the... who won't work under a UBI. Besides their productivity is generally... week The intention of a UBI is to provide a survival...
... the general idea of a UBI, it ensures we can survive...
... a real implementation of the UBI so many have been quietly...
... have to do with a UBI? Personally I always knew she...
... contentions in support of a UBI.
... linked bank account that their UBI is paid into by IRD.... In the bigger picture a UBI is inseperable from tax reform...
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