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

• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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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      • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        However 88 billion (the cost estimate in the OP article) divided by the population of canada is 2200

        By your own admission, your version of UBI wouldn't be viable. You accuse me of a semantic bait and switch while misrepresenting the program the government is trying to implement.

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