Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

No, the Canadian CERB payout was basically structured and set up just like a UBI. You could get it even if you were capable of working, I could have had it too, simply by stating I was uncomfortable keeping working under the circumstances (May have been less true for me personally, I was "essential service"). People on welfare just stayed on welfare.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    But that’s exactly what they just said isn’t UBI, with UBI you’d get to keep the money while working if you wanted to. “Universal” means everyone gets it, not just people who “claim to be uncomfortable working”.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Every proposal for UBI test projects I have seen, sets UBI as a failsafe cutoff, a guaranteed income, not a provided income. This interpretation of how it would work is ridiculously worse for the economy than the idea I thought I was arguing against.

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