Re:Request For Research: Basic Income
by Omniusaspirer on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @05:09PM
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In the specific example being discussed of government funded "free" college education it most certainly is not being given away with "no strings attached".
There's a very real stipulation that regardless of whether an individual actually attends a university or not they will be having the monetary products of their labor forcibly taken and used to pay the professors, construct the facilities, and heat the buildings.
Re:Request For Research: Basic Income
by Joof on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @09:01PM
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It just happens by means of taxes instead. Right now, banks get a pretty hefty profit off those that can't afford it upfront, it's a tax on the poor (and often middle class) more than the rich.
There's a very real stipulation that regardless of whether an individual actually attends a university or not they will be having the monetary products of their labor forcibly taken and used to pay the professors, construct the facilities, and heat the buildings.