tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6919153228079042145..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income, Not (3)Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-31607136206405947082017-01-13T20:21:18.675+00:002017-01-13T20:21:18.675+00:00B, yes and yes.B, yes and yes.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-26073692589196545722017-01-12T20:02:02.620+00:002017-01-12T20:02:02.620+00:00However, as I was once told, "If you are taki...However, as I was once told, "If you are taking flak, then you must be over the target." This sort of hatchet job shows the idea of UBI is gaining traction.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-72523035989502666372017-01-12T19:56:10.122+00:002017-01-12T19:56:10.122+00:00Just another example of "let's discredit ...Just another example of "let's discredit this idea by offering a totally unworkable version of it it and say it's the only option".Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-80533091954480125282017-01-12T18:47:40.632+00:002017-01-12T18:47:40.632+00:00BJ, correct.
M, good point, he didn't actual...BJ, correct. <br /><br />M, good point, he didn't actually make any positive suggestions on e.g. how to improve UC (by making it more like UBIā¦)<br /><br />L, ah, that is why I couldn't work out if he was slagging off UBI from the left or from the right, he's a large government meddler and so hates anything clean and simple that leaves people in peace.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-29858184644248970842017-01-12T15:36:25.657+00:002017-01-12T15:36:25.657+00:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rentoul
Tells y...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rentoul<br />Tells you all you really need to know about Rentoul.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-20415915468909648152017-01-12T13:58:30.587+00:002017-01-12T13:58:30.587+00:00So at least he admits that the benefits system is ...So at least he admits that the benefits system is a mess:<br />"to do something about the often counter-productive interaction of the benefits system with the world of employment."<br />But if UBI isn't an answer, what is? No alternatives offered so not a useful contribution to the debatemombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-55932179552279143052017-01-12T13:56:47.244+00:002017-01-12T13:56:47.244+00:00John Rentoul has published the same rehashed artic...John Rentoul has published the same rehashed article twice before.<br /><br />I wrote to him pointing out his awful distortion of the truth. I'm sure I wouldn't have been the only one.<br /><br />I guess he just doesn't bother to let the facts get in the way of the story he wants to make up.benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.com