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Re:More Robots, Fewer Jobs: capital vs. labor in production by jganetsk on Monday May 08, 2017 @10:23PM (#14297303)
> I don't believe Basic Income would gain any traction in the US.

The United States House of Representatives passed a Basic Income bill written by Richard Nixon in 1969. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHYFzYvCak

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Re:More Robots, Fewer Jobs: capital vs. labor in production by s73ver on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:44PM (#14301574)
Do you think the same bill today would have anywhere near a chance of passing? I don't.
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