🔗 — Criticism of the Universal Revenue
Knowing XXIst century states avidity, the former interesting idea of having a Universal Revenue* suffers from several dead pixels when we come to observe its practical feasibility. If we refer ourselves to the French social model and a particular social assistance, naming AAH for « Aide Adulte Handicapé » — a living subsidy for impaired persons (physically, and, or mentally) — we quickly see the limit of this model.
In fact, here in 2024, each major social service obtained by a AAH beneficiary (like a housing or a healthcare assistance) is deductible (under certain conditions ) from the future monthly amount received. It is important to extrapolate that to the Universal Revenue for, in this scenario, a state might push policies for :
Automatic infraction deduction : speeding offences, tickets, noise disturbance, etc. And these states could even do it "Ã la Chinoise" through automated algorithms or AI surveillance.
Differed or leasing-like buying of goods (house, cars, etc.). Through a monthly differed deduction from the Universal Revenue.
Automated accessed states services deduction from the Universal Revenue.
In dictatorships : special targeted repression...