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Re:A secret of many urban 20-somethings: Their parents help ... by sokoloff on Thursday February 09, 2017 @07:56PM (#13612472)
Absolutely. If I can find some inside track that UBI is coming, I'll be buying a lot of low-end rental property, hopefully before it runs up.
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Re:A secret of many urban 20-somethings: Their parents help ... by macawfish on Thursday February 09, 2017 @11:04PM (#13613127)
It's like a game of Monopoly where everyone gets more money, including the people who already have Board Walk and Park Place, etc. #WWJD? Flip the board over. Jubilee.
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Re:A secret of many urban 20-somethings: Their parents help ... by sokoloff on Friday February 10, 2017 @10:38AM (#13616070)
UBI doesn't have that property at all. UBI consciously, intentionally, and overtly transfers money from the net taxpayers to the net benefit receivers. (I support it, but it's absolutely an income transfer mechanism from the higher income to the lower income populations.)

The fact that the "rich" also receive $650/mo in UBI is completely swamped by the fact that they'll pay $30K/month or more in income tax to fund the program.

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Re:A secret of many urban 20-somethings: Their parents help ... by gnaritas on Friday February 10, 2017 @01:21PM (#13617583)
> It's like a game of Monopoly where everyone gets more money,

No it isn't, not even remotely.

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