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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by sebastianconcpt on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:46AM (#12247677)
Fiat currency is printed by taxing you via inflation. So, yeah, receiving fake money makes you poorer. And if you think it works, ask a venezuelan how that plan is working or not.
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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by ahoy on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:04AM (#12247825)
"The worst possible implementation of this idea is going poorly, therefore it shouldn't be done in any capacity anywhere."

That's kind of like giving up on grilling because you burned your hamburgers once.

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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by sebastianconcpt on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @08:46AM (#12254104)
Once? Once?! So.. Germany 1924, Hungary 1946, Yugoslavia 1994, Argentina 1989 and then again in 2001, Zimbabwe 2008, Venezuela today all using this blueprint together with other populist recipes and you want to pretend it was tried once? How can you be so generous with politicians and state bureaucrats that wants to tax you every piece of you in the name of some BS narrative?
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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by andrenth on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:44PM (#12252237)
We're talking about piles and piles of burnt meat though.
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