Comment on A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months agoPerhaps you can make it work, and maybe you are right in thinking that it is the best course of action. But please don’t co-opt the terminology used by people advocating for a program that is really very different both ideologically and practically. This is not an honest way to promote what you want to do. When I say UBI, I want people to understand what I am talking about, and what I am talking about is payments to every person regardless of their income. That is what people saying UBI have meant for a long time, and acknowledging this is just basic respect.
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months ago
As long as you're honest about wanting to give rich people money simply so that you're strict definition of "universal" is maintained, I'll be willing to explain what the "universal" in UBI actually means is "universally available" as opposed to "universally applied".
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Just call it something else. It’s not UBI.
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months ago
Just because you're hung up on the name is no reason not to move forward with it.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Agreed. As I said, that’s not what I’m arguing here.