The US is a poor place to perform another UBI/negaive income tax experiment. It is large, diverse and extremely polarized, with a patchwork of federal, state and local regulations, taxes, surcharges, incentives, grants and so on. Americans can’t even get rid of the penny, a total no-brainer. And the US overall is quite behind the curve in terms of technology, politics, religion, healthcare access… Maybe another wealthy enough country can do it for a decade or two first.
The US is a poor place to perform another UBI/negaive income tax experiment. It is large, diverse and extremely polarized, with a patchwork of federal, state and local regulations, taxes, surcharges, incentives, grants and so on. Americans can’t even get rid of the penny, a total no-brainer. And the US overall is quite behind the curve in terms of technology, politics, religion, healthcare access… Maybe another wealthy enough country can do it for a decade or two first.