tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3802625741249257764..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: UGH, Charles Murray Now Stars in a One Minute Video Clip Promoting a Universal Basic IncomeRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28220911492126697822016-06-07T13:07:16.510-04:002016-06-07T13:07:16.510-04:00The basic problems with a 'basic income' s...The basic problems with a 'basic income' scheme:<br /><br />a) Activists will continue to argue that it is never 'enough.'<br /><br />b) It makes the disutility of work that much HIGHER. Even if it is argued that this 'basic' income will not be enough for a single person to live off and thus will be compelled to find employment, most people are ingenuous and will come up OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21327111493846387562016-06-07T10:16:30.865-04:002016-06-07T10:16:30.865-04:00Henry Hazlitt, F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman supp...Henry Hazlitt, F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman supported Basic Income at least at times during their careers. Hazlitt later recanted, but I don't know about the other two. Stuffed Pimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631687618198640700noreply@blogger.com