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Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and... by sigmar on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:56AM (#12382755)
>it was the hunger of having nothing, no safety net, and having no job that STILL drives me today

Canada has had health care provided to you since 1984. So to say you have "no safety net" is factually wrong. Did the existence of public health care make you decide to leave and build your business somewhere else? It seems it did not.

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Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and... by err4nt on Monday August 29, 2016 @12:20PM (#12382931)
Health care doesn't pay the electric bills. Health care doesn't buy groceries.

I am glad if I went to the doctor I could have been seen without a cost to me. I didn't NEED a doctor, I needed food to eat, and money to pay bills to keep collections off my back.

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