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    16 days ago

    Companies aren’t going to suddenly decide to spend a load of money to move production to the US without some certainty that the tariffs are going to last long enough for it to make financial sense.

    There’s a very good chance that Trump will cancel most tariffs this year and then declare that he’s won somehow.

    Even if Trump doesn’t, he could die at any moment and Vance removes them.

    Or the next administration removes them.













  • Yes, some people are going to pay more in taxes than they get in UBI. But with UBI you raise the bottom level of income in society so that everyone is able to live. Then people can supplement UBI by working an amount which fits them. Nobody has to work 60 hours a week just to be able to live. And you should also have tax thresholds set so that people don’t pay as much in income tax as they get in UBI as soon as they start working - more/better paid work should always make you better off.

    In the end yes the rich will have to pay more towards it because UBI is inherently a form of wealth redistribution.