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Re:A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion by dynofuz on Monday November 27, 2017 @12:04PM (#15788868)
And it would cost 3.6 Trillion (300M adults x 12k), so where does that come from? I'm all for basic income, but id love to see a way this to actually be funded. Ideally from the corporations that are gaming the tax laws. Or is it reducing social security / medicare / other welfare etc?
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Re:A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion by rqtaylor on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:23PM (#15792716)
The same way we fund the government now https://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/us_deficit
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Re:A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion by LyndsySimon on Monday November 27, 2017 @12:58PM (#15789397)
Debt. The money comes from debt.
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