I expect most of the money to be given to local charities and not to government or to charities like give well. UBC (Universal Basic Charity) will quickly turn into UBI. That not a bad thing either.
Overall I expect it to have the same effects as UBI.
I’d also predict similar effects, though with a smaller magnitude, since some of the funding will be chewed up by marketing and processing costs for charities.
Yes, that sounds plausible.* If one didn’t like this possible consequence, restrictions on eligible charities (e.g. to require non-locality) could change that.
*Though it’s curious that most interest in politics is at a national rather than local level, by contrast.
Information that makes me lean toward “most giving is local”:
In 2017, roughly 31% of all American donations went to religious institutions, and I’d guess that almost all of that money was for local churches and missions. Only 6% of giving was international.
More than half of all animal-related giving goes to animal shelters (again, I assume these are mostly local shelters).
Many popular giving categories are almost exclusively local: Community centers, food banks, museums, charity hospitals...
I expect most of the money to be given to local charities and not to government or to charities like give well. UBC (Universal Basic Charity) will quickly turn into UBI. That not a bad thing either.
Overall I expect it to have the same effects as UBI.
I’d also predict similar effects, though with a smaller magnitude, since some of the funding will be chewed up by marketing and processing costs for charities.
Yes, that sounds plausible.* If one didn’t like this possible consequence, restrictions on eligible charities (e.g. to require non-locality) could change that.
*Though it’s curious that most interest in politics is at a national rather than local level, by contrast.
Information that makes me lean toward “most giving is local”:
In 2017, roughly 31% of all American donations went to religious institutions, and I’d guess that almost all of that money was for local churches and missions. Only 6% of giving was international.
More than half of all animal-related giving goes to animal shelters (again, I assume these are mostly local shelters).
Many popular giving categories are almost exclusively local: Community centers, food banks, museums, charity hospitals...