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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by truxus on Thursday October 19, 2017 @05:52PM (#15511852)
What if you decide to fund a self-destructive addiction? Or send the money to a foreign country? Is that in the public interest?
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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by jaibot on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:51PM (#15512218)
Letting people make mistakes is important. Letting people be altruistic is important.

More specifically: I'm 0% worried about sending money overseas, since I expect that the few people who do so that will be making the world a better place on net.

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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by truxus on Thursday October 19, 2017 @08:18PM (#15512657)
In both cases real wealth is lost from the economy.

State sponsored destruction of property.

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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by Density on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:01PM (#15511905)
The first case is handled by socialized healthcare and the second by the nsa.
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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by pizza on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:51PM (#15513242)
100%
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