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Should we have a universal basic income (UBI)?

Joel Wirāmu, Pauling

@evan

@mark

I'm a proponent of a high value UBI. Basically pension level. Abolish all other types Student Allowance/Job Seeker etc etc and provide some additional targeted assistance for i.e disability etc when required. Admin savings alone would be massive

@evan

@mark

Most UBI I have seen proposed for NZ have been very low ball and I see them as just adding additional admin/beauracratic fluff and not achieving stigma reduction

@jwp @evan @mark yep, I'm with you on this. Also requires a drop in minimum wages/awards, to make it easier for small businesses to employ lots of people for reduced hours.