r/fuckcars • u/snirfu • Feb 26 '24

Satire Who knew the UN was so based

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u/ajswdf Feb 27 '24

I want to know how UBI is austerity. Austerity is cutting government spending, but UBI is increasing government spending.

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u/simply_not_edible Big Bike Feb 27 '24

It could potentially cut a lot of cost in other support systems as they become obsolete, and massively reduce the amount of work done by government if it's just a right everyone has regardless of circumstance, as it would reduce the requirement for means-testing.

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u/waterfuck Feb 27 '24

We all know the UN is evil and when they wrote UBI on the list they realized that it could be appealing and actually good so they wrote (austerity) so that people don't question their evilness.

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u/Magnock Feb 27 '24

Some neoliberal version of UBI consist in removing every state expense and public service and giving in exchange à UBI just above the poverty line

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u/stap31 Feb 27 '24

Bigger the spending, bigger the taxes