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== Argument == | |||
A basic income does not | A basic income will change the economy that much that we can not predict what is going to happen. As such, it is a revolution with unpredictable results: if too many people go into unemployment, how will we fix this? | ||
* You can change the height of the basic income itself. It is advisable however to put a minimum, which can be used as an extra guarantee for a loan with the bank. | |||
* You can change the incentive for working. (lower the taxes for a certain category of incomes our lowering the taxes when you work more than a certain amount) | |||
== Counterarguments == | |||
* A basic income does not necessarily change that much as a lot of people are also happy in what they do and will not change (immediately). | |||
* In our social system these days, there is a lot that works quite similar to a basic income: | |||
** Money you get for your children (kindergeld) is like a basic income for the child. | |||
** Pensions have a fixed part | |||
* A basic income has more interesting parameters to play with than the current blocked situation | |||
** You can change the height of the basic income itself. It is advisable however to put a minimum, which can be used as an extra guarantee for a loan with the bank. | |||
** You can change the incentive for working. (lower the taxes for a certain category of incomes our lowering the taxes when you work more than a certain amount) | |||
Latest revision as of 18:44, 13 October 2015
Argument
A basic income will change the economy that much that we can not predict what is going to happen. As such, it is a revolution with unpredictable results: if too many people go into unemployment, how will we fix this?
Counterarguments
- A basic income does not necessarily change that much as a lot of people are also happy in what they do and will not change (immediately).
- In our social system these days, there is a lot that works quite similar to a basic income:
- Money you get for your children (kindergeld) is like a basic income for the child.
- Pensions have a fixed part
- A basic income has more interesting parameters to play with than the current blocked situation
- You can change the height of the basic income itself. It is advisable however to put a minimum, which can be used as an extra guarantee for a loan with the bank.
- You can change the incentive for working. (lower the taxes for a certain category of incomes our lowering the taxes when you work more than a certain amount)