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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by tdaltonc on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @01:14PM (#11808005)
Somewhere between 10 years and the-rest-of-your-life, you need to start taking geo-political risk into account. Just because a government says it will be forever, doesn't mean it will.
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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by tomp on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @01:17PM (#11808056)
Indeed, it would have to be guaranteed by some big insurance company (e.g. YC could simply buy annuities). If those companies fail, there will probably be bigger problems in the world :)
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