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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by ThrustVectoring on Thursday October 19, 2017 @08:44PM (#15512753)
Same way Social Security works - with the exception of federal taxes and criminal judgements, SS payments are largely exempt from garnishment or other actions to seize assets to repay debts. You can't lose your UBI by taking a loan and gambling the proceeds away, because the debtor cannot force you to use UBI to repay the loan.
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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by plushpuffin on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:13PM (#15513092)
That makes sense for debts, but how do you handle people who immediately blow their monthly UBI payment and don't have anything left over for food or rent? At least with food stamps, you kind of have to use it on food.
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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by ThrustVectoring on Thursday October 19, 2017 @11:30PM (#15513368)
Weekly or even daily payments would cover part of that. You know the amount that should be added to an account each day pretty easily, since it's the same for everyone. If they waste it and still can't afford food or rent, well, at some point you have to make that their problem.
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