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Taxing wealth instead of work is touted as an important part of the solution to the wealth gap, but I'm curious which other solutions have been proposed or attempted and have succeeded or failed.

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[โ€“] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This would not make it universal and is kind of reminiscent of what we call unemployment checks combined with the income dependent allowances we can receive for health insurance, rent and childcare.

This is in the Netherlands, for reference.

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Kinda but not exactly. You would get the benifit even if you are working, unlike unemployment benifits which go away after employment.

If someone has minimal part time hours at Ah or Jumbo then the still get full ubi.