on jobs as a solution to poverty is a problem for at least the two reasons aforementioned. Focusing on work as opposed to jobs is what basic income proponents seek to do. A UBI cause dependence it be enough to discourage work, and it won’t – won’t be worse than the current system couldn’t Siegel 2017 - President of Rain Mountain LLC an independent product development group [RP, Feb 14th, 2017 Could Donald Trump Deliver a Universal Basic Income? Acc 6/29/17 ] [Premier] Iain Murray the Competitive Enterprise writes Institute’s The pros and cons of a universal basic income is vice president of strategy. He in that he, too, is toward supporting a universal basic income (UBI). “leaning” the National Review Murray argues that because they it as the least damaging way for the government to transfer “see libertarians support the idea wealth from some citizens to others. Michael Strain, Either way, the UBI is an idea whose time has finally come, but it has to be done right.” who is against it, lays out the following pros for the policy in the Washington Post: Far less government bureaucracy No stigma for recipients Personal responsibility for how the money is spent says he support it can’t No penalty for supplementing income A base of economic security for all (oddly, he makes this point last) Despite these potential benefits, Strain because, “In a UBI world, those who choose to work will support those who choose not to not those who work, but those who This really would be a world of makers – can’t won’t. he simply abide the idea that the wealth of some could bring comfort to the can’t and Strain says takers.” poverty of others arguing this is somehow unfair, despite the fact that already what — it’s happens, albeit quite imperfectly, in our current system. Murray disagrees, taking comfort in CEI’s the fact that the basic income stipends would be meager enough to dispel the sense of blatant entitlement would almost certainly not give people enough money to shirk unfairness: “[The] he wrote. would avoid people starving on the streets, but it enable them to do work,” “It wouldn’t much more.”
on jobs as a solution to poverty is a problem for at least the two reasons aforementioned. Focusing on work as opposed to jobs is what basic income proponents seek to do. A UBI won’t cause dependence – it won’t be enough to discourage work, and it couldn’t be worse than the current system Siegel 2017 - President of Rain Mountain LLC an independent product development group [RP, Feb 14th, 2017 Could Donald Trump Deliver a Universal Basic Income? Acc 6/29/17 ] [Premier] The pros and cons of a universal basic income Iain Murray is the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s vice president of strategy. He writes in the National Review that he, too, is “leaning” toward supporting a universal basic income (UBI). Murray argues that libertarians support the idea because they “see it as the least damaging way for the government to transfer wealth from some citizens to others. Either way, the UBI is an idea whose time has finally come, but it has to be done right.” Michael Strain, who is against it, lays out the following pros for the policy in the Washington Post: Far less government bureaucracy No stigma for recipients Personal responsibility for how the money is spent No penalty for supplementing income A base of economic security for all (oddly, he makes this point last) Despite these potential benefits, Strain says he can’t support it because, “In a UBI world, those who choose to work will support those who choose not to – not those who can’t work, but those who won’t. This really would be a world of makers and takers.” Strain says he simply can’t abide the idea that the wealth of some could bring comfort to the poverty of others — arguing this is somehow unfair, despite the fact that it’s already what happens, albeit quite imperfectly, in our current system. CEI’s Murray disagrees, taking comfort in the fact that the basic income stipends would be meager enough to dispel the sense of blatant unfairness: “[The] entitlement would almost certainly not give people enough money to shirk work,” he wrote. “It would avoid people starving on the streets, but it wouldn’t enable them to do much more.”
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