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Re:Basic income is the worst response to automation by yummyfajitas on Monday January 16, 2017 @11:36AM (#13410966)
Yes, the article is flatly wrong. It's conflating this situation:

    +100k earnings
    +0 UBI
    ------
    +100k
with this mathematically equivalent situation:

    +100k earnings
    +20k UBI
    -20k taxes
    ------
    +100k
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