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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by eanzenberg on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @01:05PM (#11807884)
This literally is why food stamps exist. So people on food stamps can only buy food and not lottery tickets.
Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by revscat on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @01:12PM (#11807995)
GP understands this, I think. The assumption is that BI will replace food stamps and/or other social welfare programs. This being the case, the question is: what if the recipient carelessly spends their BI, and does not have enough money at the end of the month to pay for fundamentals (rent, food, etc.) given that the food stamp program has been replaced by BI.