A New Golden Age Part III: The Basic Income Guarantee

Re:A New Golden Age Part III: The Basic Income Guarantee by 0x49 on Thursday October 15, 2015 @09:01PM (#10396938)

I went to brazil last year and i saw some of the poorest people on my entire life.

Brazil isnt a good example of this idea working...

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Re:A New Golden Age Part III: The Basic Income Guarantee by cmacpher on Thursday October 15, 2015 @09:17PM (#10396985)

It was MUCH worse before. a 27% reduction in poverty is pretty impressive in 4 years

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Re:A New Golden Age Part III: The Basic Income Guarantee by andrenth on Thursday October 15, 2015 @10:21PM (#10397135)

Not so much when you realize part of that reduction comes from redefining what poverty means.

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Re:A New Golden Age Part III: The Basic Income Guarantee by cmacpher on Friday October 16, 2015 @01:07AM (#10397562)

I haven't heard about that. do you have a source where I could read more?

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