Universal Basic Income and the Threat of Tyranny

[USN_Hokie]

Pretty good piece which highlights the hazards of universal basic income. Pretty scary as that's almost certainly where we're heading eventually.

Read the whole thing.

http://quillette.com/2017/10/09/univers ... t-tyranny/

Excerpt:

And this is the real danger of a universal basic income – it makes the citizens unnecessary to the government. In the suggested world of universal basic income, what puts pressure on the government to maintain democracy and political rights? Will they be afraid of a popular uprising?

[133743Hokie]

The last few sentences sum it up. What happens when the non-workers outnumber the workers? I see no positive outcome.

[cwtcr hokie]

The last few sentences sum it up. What happens when the non-workers outnumber the workers? I see no positive outcome.

we are rapidly approaching that now, only 46% of the US citizens pay any income tax