Remove ESA as a qualifying disability benefit

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Simulations of UBI in the UK

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Remove ESA as a qualifying disability benefit #35

Open MaxGhenis opened 3 years ago

MaxGhenis commented 3 years ago

Per the spreadsheet, ESA seems to be the only truly means-tested disability program, as opposed to just having a work assessment. Conditioning a UBI on a means-tested benefit like this doesn't really make sense. @DeepakSingh98 @nikhilwoodruff what do you think of removing this? (Sorry to keep going back and forth on this, but seems important to nail down a solid justification.)

MaxGhenis commented 3 years ago

Per our chat, I'll give this a shot and see how it affects results.