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Re:Universal basic income: A nonprofit is about to test it i... by kmonsen on Friday April 15, 2016 @01:55PM (#11506309)
Except the UBI tax will be very large, and in addition to current entitlements.
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Re:Universal basic income: A nonprofit is about to test it i... by TallGuyShort on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:26PM (#11506973)
Isn't the whole point of UBI to replace other entitlements? If everyone has basic income, why have food stamps? Or disability? Or social security?
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Re:Universal basic income: A nonprofit is about to test it i... by kmonsen on Friday April 15, 2016 @09:48PM (#11508908)
See this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11424820
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Re:Universal basic income: A nonprofit is about to test it i... by TallGuyShort on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:02AM (#11520429)
Thanks - those are good points...
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