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Re:Start with universal basic income and a 15-hour work week by ryandrake on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:48PM (#13776301)
If it's impossible, it's only politics and the puritanical "a living must be earned" mentality holding it back. More than enough value is generated in the USA to pay for some form of Basic Income--value that is _currently_ distributed comically unevenly. All it takes is political will.
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Re:Start with universal basic income and a 15-hour work week by mcbruiser on Friday March 03, 2017 @01:11PM (#13784774)
wealth and value is created, not distributed. I'm sick and tired of hearing from communists about taking money away from hard working people and giving to those less deserving.
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