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Re:My own private basic income by taway_1212 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:07PM (#14657796)
It's enough to get a can of Coke (not everywhere though).
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Re:My own private basic income by vilmosi on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:16PM (#14657891)
I think the point is that $1 a day is acceptable if it provides shelter/food etc.
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Re:My own private basic income by hk__2 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:27PM (#14658008)
Which it doesn’t.
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Re:My own private basic income by weberc2 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:57PM (#14658856)
It does in many very poor nations. What's the significance of the $1 figure anyway? Whose point hinges on this number?
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Re:My own private basic income by hk__2 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:12PM (#14658962)
> What's the significance of the $1 figure anyway?

This article gives a bit of background about that figure: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17312819

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Re:My own private basic income by vilmosi on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:13PM (#14658979)
It doesn't IF it doesn't provide for said things. That's the point.
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Re:My own private basic income by hk__2 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:28PM (#14659089)
I got the parent’s point; you missed mine ;)

I was talking about the second part of the comment: $1 doesn’t provide you shelter/food/etc.

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