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asift | 10 years ago

There are lots of coherent cases against Social Security. For instance, there are far better ways to achieve the desired ends of providing a social safety net. My favorite would be eliminating all other forms of welfare and adopting a basic income.

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dragonwriter|10 years ago

> There are lots of coherent cases against Social Security. For instance, there are far better ways to achieve the desired ends of providing a social safety net

Social Security is not even in theory aimed at providing a general social safety net, so its not surprising that there are better means if that is your goal.

ArkyBeagle|10 years ago

A basic income sounds to my ear like an expansion of Social Security, at least conceptually.