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The continued glee of Basic Income supporters who think taking resources away from higher-needs individuals with disabilities never ceases to amaze me.
If you gut any form of insurance and just write everyone a flat cheque, you’ll make most people financially “better off” as much of the proceeds go to a small percentage of people, since that’s how insurance works.
Doesn’t mean eliminating insurance is a good idea.
Doesn’t mean eliminating insurance is a good idea.
Example: In any given year, over 95% of the population cost the healthcare system less than the average person. Why? Because a small percentage of the population are high needs.
On an Excel sheet, eliminating healthcare and writing everyone a cheque makes 95% of us better off.
On an Excel sheet, eliminating healthcare and writing everyone a cheque makes 95% of us better off.
So should we eliminate the health care system and just write everyone a cheque, because Excel says it makes 95% of us, in any given year, actuarially better off?
Of course not. Insurance has value!
Of course not. Insurance has value!
Also, from yesterday's PBO update:
"Parliamentarians requested details regarding the distributional impact on Canadians with a disability – specifically those who are eligible for the disability tax credit."
Who are the parliamentarians (plural) who keep asking for this info?
"Parliamentarians requested details regarding the distributional impact on Canadians with a disability – specifically those who are eligible for the disability tax credit."
Who are the parliamentarians (plural) who keep asking for this info?
I mean, we've got a group of Parliamentarians who keep wanting more and more info about gutting disability supports. Taxpayer dollars are being spent on this analysis.
Shouldn't Canadians know who those Parliamentarians are?
Shouldn't Canadians know who those Parliamentarians are?
