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Re:Ontario announces that it will begin a basic income trial... by JWLong on Sunday March 13, 2016 @12:00AM (#11276301)
The fact that his retort is sarcastic, does not mean that he does not have a point. His point is that someone will be subsidizing his existence, and pointing out that nobody would want to do it, if they were faced with that reality, directly.
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Re:Ontario announces that it will begin a basic income trial... by aninhumer on Sunday March 13, 2016 @09:57AM (#11277693)
This is a silly false comparison.

No, I'm not willing to implement one tiny wealth transfer that could conceivably be part of a Basic Income scheme. That would be stupid.

However, if it were possible to magically enter into a voluntary but binding pact with a large enough group of people to make Basic Income work, then I absolutely would do it even if it would mean lower income for me.

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Re:Ontario announces that it will begin a basic income trial... by ant6n on Sunday March 13, 2016 @11:27AM (#11277988)
It's a rhetorical device used by right-leaning people in many instances, for example when it comes to taxes. It's also pretty meaningless.
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