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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by robbiemitchell on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @02:57PM (#11809090)
Why would it be better for the government to provide this than the existing food distribution and supply chain?

Not unlikely scenario: some department is created to handle these necessities, they hire a bunch of people for terrible admin jobs, and they still sub-contract a bunch of the specific work to private companies.

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by naasking on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:27PM (#11809393)
> Why would it be better for the government to provide this than the existing food distribution and supply chain?

It probably isn't, but one possibility is that the government would be such a huge customer, that they have significant negotiating power. Per-unit costs would consequently be much lower.

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by the_watcher on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @06:17PM (#11810732)
> Per-unit costs would consequently be much lower.

The government is notoriously bad at this.

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by todd8 on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @06:25PM (#11810774)
Yeah, just like the military spending $600 on a toilet seat. The problem is that spending other people's money is easy.
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