Comment on A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government

• Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just because you're hung up on the name is no reason not to move forward with it.

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  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed. As I said, that’s not what I’m arguing here.

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    • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just call it something else. It’s not UBI.

      That's what it seems that you're arguing. But as I said, "universal" can mean whatever we want. Let's just give poor people money so they can survive a little better and not worry about what the exact connotations the name might imply.

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      • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        UBI describes the policy I strongly support. The policy you support, I am on the fence about, and lean slightly against, for various reasons. Let’s allow people to make up their minds about these policies based on the facts and not anything resembling a semantic bait and switch.

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