Comment on A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months agoJust 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.
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.
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months ago
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.