<div dir="ltr">This article analyzes some numbers: <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guaranteed-income-for-every-american-1464969586">http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guaranteed-income-for-every-american-1464969586</a><div><br></div><div>So long as the GDP stays the same or increases though the automation that triggers unemployment, there will be the money to support it. Without a universal income, this is the future economy we have to look forward to: <a href="https://twitter.com/nickwiger/status/675850176204947456?lang=en">https://twitter.com/nickwiger/status/675850176204947456?lang=en</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jason</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:34 AM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I can see that universal unemployment probably means that UBI will<br>
become necessary. But I can't see where the money to do this comes<br>
from.<br>
<br>
Pension schemes are already going bust because of low interest rates<br>
and governments are moving the pension age later and later to postpone<br>
the increased costs of an ageing population.<br>
<br>
If taxation is increased it will make the poor worse off and devalue<br>
the UBI payments. Social security will still be required in addition<br>
as many people have disabilities, medical costs and families to<br>
support that UBI wouldn't be sufficent for.<br>
<br>
And you will get millions of immigrants from the third world wanting<br>
to claim their UBI.<br>
<br>
It will be interesting to see how the trials work out.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
BillK<br>
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