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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by aninhumer on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:40PM (#11426672)
Well part of the point is that they won't be quite so stressed because their needs are met.

But more importantly, what exactly is the alternative? Do you think alcoholics are going to magically get better when we take their money away? They need treatment.

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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by knodi123 on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:28AM (#11428060)
> They need treatment.

No shit. I think maybe you imagined I was saying something that I was not. My comment was very specific and narrow. Drinking away your money is not a rational decision, period, full stop, end of point. If you think that's a pretty obvious point, then I agree, too. I felt it was the appropriate response to the comment I was responding to.

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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by aninhumer on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:31AM (#11428074)
Okay, I guess I just inferred more from context.

Nonetheless, I don't think the post you originally replied to was suggesting that spending your entire income on booze is rational, just some of it.

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