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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by thesimon on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:45PM (#11424851)
>It would completely remove the necessity to be productive. That can't turn out well.

As seen in welfare states in Scandinavia or Germany, where almost no one works because of the unemployment benefits.

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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by snerbles on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:56PM (#11424965)
Of course not, but the stability of such a state is becoming a concern with the current migration situation.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/02/wel...

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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by alttab on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @10:27AM (#11430600)
And it's ignoring culture.
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