• Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    I got a good idea. How about mega corps actually start paying taxes?

    Please read my comment before responding to me in the future. My point is increased taxation on large earnings up to an incredibly high cap is a better solution than UBI.

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        4 days ago

        Napkin math will demonstrate to you why UBI is not sustainable on scale, even with an increase in taxes.

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          3 days ago

          mind doing that napkin math?

          I did a while ago and i found that if an annual wealth tax rate of 3% on wealth above $10 million is implemented, then it would be enough to give all americans a monthly handout of $300, and that was by rather conservative estimates. It might be higher.

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            3 days ago

            I did it above if you are interested.

            Do you believe $300 a month is sufficient for survival using the core idea of UBI?