Zac_A:
I’d say your understanding of basic human nature is highly flawed if you think “free money” wouldn’t cause problems, and it’s a sad day when a Winseer post is more on the ball than yoursWinseer wrote:
The correct way to implement a “universal basic income” - is to only pay it to those who have a job that currently has tax deducted.Hey Presto, every layabout in the country will be eager to take on any minimum waged job going - just to qualify for the freebie money on top!
They’d have to do enough hours to get beyond the tax free threshold too, of course… No “part time” option available, nor “volutary unpaid work” nor “Internships” nor “training schemes” neither.
I think this getting it pretty much 100% wrong.
The whole principle is that UBI is Universal…
It isn`t a way for Government and taxpayers to subsidize poorly paid jobs.