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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by tyingq on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:24PM (#11424629)
Interesting. This chart is a pretty good reference to see what types of existing spending might overlap with that (Social Security?) and what wouldn't. https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/total_spending_...
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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by refurb on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:52PM (#11424924)
You couldn't eliminate social security payments since for a lot of folks, they take home more than $10K. You could lop off the bottom 10%, but a lot of spending would remain.
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