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Re:Time for a Guaranteed Basic Income? by overgard on Saturday January 23, 2016 @05:58PM (#10960514)
I admire your bluntness, but I have to wonder, do you assume you're not going to grow old and incompetent? Presumably, if we're fortunate enough to live that long, we are all in that boat.
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Re:Time for a Guaranteed Basic Income? by sly_foxx on Saturday January 23, 2016 @07:46PM (#10960902)
No, because I will kill myself when I get there. I'm doing all the things I want to do before I grow old and incompetent. All the activities you would do when you're old + much more, you can do when you're younger and healthier.

For example, let's say you plan to visit location X when you're old. Well, why not do it when you're younger with the money you would have saved for retirement?

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