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The benefit will be universal, but then you have to pay for it with increased taxes. So the increased marginal rate will disincentivize people from working.

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With BI, You will never be in a situation where you will be poorer for earning a dollar you just won't be an entire dollar richer.

We could scale back benefits more gradually than we do today. That would be a lot cheaper than giving everyone a guaranteed pot of money.

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