If pensions are already unaffordable, how would UBI ever work?
Cpt_Pukan · reddit · 2026-10-31
A Reddit post questions UBI's feasibility amid AI-driven job displacement: pensions today are pay-as-you-go, funded by taxes on current workers' wages — without wages, the pension system collapses before UBI could even be funded. The author adds that corporate profits have grown for 40 years without translating into higher tax receipts, with owners pocketing the gains, so the assumption that billionaires would suddenly pay massive taxes for global welfare doesn't hold. The thread fuels broader debate on whether redistribution mechanisms for the AI automation era are realistic.
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