A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing

Re:A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing by aminok on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:37AM (#11626445)

Entrenching authoritarianism should NOT be the next big thing.

Compulsory basic income requires throwing people who refuse to hand over currency they receive in private trade in prison, where they are kept in small enclosures, and often develop mental illness, and suffer physical and sexual abuse. Techies should not support such a dark, authoritarian vision for the future.

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Re:A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing by Buge on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:50AM (#11626653)

I don't understand your comment. By "hand over currency they receive in private trade" are you referring to taxes? Taxes already exist without basic income. The punishment for tax evasion does not necessarily have to increase because of basic income.

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Re:A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing by aminok on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @05:22AM (#11627178)

Yes. Specifically, I'm referring to taxes on income and sales. A basic income would most likely require taxes to increase and at the very least will make us more dependent on these taxes.

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