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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by akvadrako on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:25AM (#15574922)
I don't know why you say "free market fanboys" don't like basic income; libertarians seem to be one of the major supporting factions.
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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by uoaei on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:51AM (#15574985)
How do you figure that? Libertarians are by definition against any government involvement in the market. Governments giving citizens money is something that falls under the category of "government involvement."
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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by bryanlarsen on Saturday October 28, 2017 @11:19AM (#15575397)
Libertarians traditionally called Basic Income the Negative Income Tax. Milton Friedman was a big proponent of it, and many Libertarians are big fanboys of Friedman and the Chicago economics cohort.
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