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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by alttab on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:54PM (#11816003)
"Object to the burdens of wealth."

I'd rather have the burdens of the wealthy than the poor. Losing money or whatever seems less of a burden than starving or freezing to death.

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by unprepare on Thursday June 02, 2016 @10:37AM (#11822757)
>Losing money or whatever seems less of a burden than starving or freezing to death.

huh its almost as if thats the entire point of UBI

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by alttab on Thursday June 02, 2016 @12:02PM (#11823604)
The parent comment suggested the burdens of wealth are somehow bad and we should all aspire to be BI paupers. At least, that's what it sounded like.
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