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Re:How basic income could fail in America by crdoconnor on Monday December 19, 2016 @04:04PM (#13214952)
>I object to demanding someone spend their time on things that benefit no one

Exactly why did you immediately jump to the presumption that agencies like the PWA that guaranteed jobs for all Americans would result in work that benefited no one?

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Re:How basic income could fail in America by dllthomas on Monday December 19, 2016 @08:39PM (#13216620)
It wasn't presumption. It was my understanding of the word that was used.

Further, the major difference between a "guarantee" and not comes when we've run out of useful things to hire for.

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