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https://twitter.com/DeanBaker13/status/1642152937068855298If we decide to reduce Social Security payments in the future, that's a political choice. We certainly don't have to do that. We can keep making 100% of payments, and no we don't even have to lift the cap on payroll taxes. We can just spend the money.
https://twitter.com/PaulRedmond9/status/16050981584589578242/ First, let's start with the headlines. I'm seeing many choose to focus on the proposed tax rates of 40% to 60%. I haven't seen a single article talk about effective tax rates, the difference, or UBI as a tax rebate. This is basically lying by omission.
https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1603345307500265473As I say again and again, income comes before work. It's income that connects people to the labor market. It's income that fuels people. It's spending that creates jobs.
https://twitter.com/leedrutman/status/1542852124299739138"In a system of single-member districts, 60% of the vote in a district gets your party everything, 40% gets your party nothing. In multimember, proportional districts, 60% of the votes means 60% of the seats, and 40% of the vote means 40% of the seats."
https://twitter.com/dcpetterson/status/1512603602728230920Here's the thing: most programs involving taxing from one person to provide something to another, but UBI is atypical. It taxes and provides to the same person so calculating cost requires subtracting one from the other to determine the net gain or loss.