• rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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    From net worth of all millionaires and billionaires, where it’s not currently being used for anything worthwhile.

    UBI is only the first step towards actual redistribution of wealth

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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      Even if you could wave a magic wand and magically convert all that net worth straight across into that amount of cold hard cash, it wouldn’t pay for a measly $10k UBI for all working-age Americans for more than two years.

      Then what’s the plan? That 10k costs over $2 trillion.

    • earphone843@sh.itjust.works
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      That networth isn’t cash on hand. It’s comprised of assets that can’t be instantly converted into cash.

      And like the other person said, it’s not nearly enough for UBI.