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Re:Ontario announces that it will begin a basic income trial... by derefr on Saturday March 12, 2016 @07:42PM (#11275524)
You'd think, if these countries also benefited economically (presumably more so than the US does, even) from being defended, then the cost of doing so could be made part of their budgets. Nobody's suggesting taking the US military off of these tasks; it's a question of where to send the bill.
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Re:Ontario announces that it will begin a basic income trial... by enraged_camel on Saturday March 12, 2016 @09:41PM (#11275885)
The US may not be getting paid for it, but it receives enormous political capital for it. And that can be far more valuable in a lot of situations.
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Re:Ontario announces that it will begin a basic income trial... by jacquesm on Sunday March 13, 2016 @12:12AM (#11276336)
It's a mixed bag. The US is part of the solution but also part of the problem.
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