• RoamingGnome
    +5

    This would never work in the USA. As soon as people started receiving the money, corporations would raise prices commensurate with the amount paid out. Actually, they would probably add a percentage point or two, because why not? The only net gain would be to the rich.

    • AdelleChattre
      +3

      Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! Somebody was paying attention to what happened to the cost of college tuition.

      • RoamingGnome
        +2

        I actually almost used college tuition as an example. We are on the same page.