Should a universal basic income be introduced?
19 votes|10 arguments|0 source
47%9
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A predictable monthly floor lets people retrain, care for family or take entrepreneurial risks without falling into precarity. @@yes_1
UBI radically simplifies the welfare maze, cutting administrative cost and the stigma of means-testing. @@yes_2
Care work, parenting and volunteering create huge social value that markets don't pay for — UBI recognises that. @@yes_3
Polling consistently shows a majority of citizens support moving forward — democratic legitimacy is on this side. @@yes_4
Pilot programs in comparable jurisdictions have produced encouraging results that opponents tend to downplay or ignore. @@yes_5
37%7
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Sending cash to everyone — even the wealthy — is poorly targeted. Stronger means-tested support helps those in need more efficiently. @@no_1
Funding UBI at a meaningful level (€1000/month) requires roughly doubling income tax — politically and economically unrealistic. @@no_2
Detaching income from contribution corrodes the social pact built around work, training and reciprocity. @@no_3
Once enacted, this kind of policy is politically very hard to reverse — that asymmetry alone calls for caution. @@no_4
The evidence base remains contested, and headline studies often haven't been independently replicated at scale. @@no_5
16%3