Re:A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion
by stretchwithme on Monday November 27, 2017 @01:21PM
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I don't consider selling products to people to be a crime.
Re:A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion
by bunderbunder on Monday November 27, 2017 @01:41PM
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It's generally an entry level position in a company that operates in the "organized crime" market sector.
Re:A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion
by stretchwithme on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:11PM
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Only where it is illegal.
If victimless crimes like gambling, high interest lending, drug use and adult prostitution were all legal, there be less of a reason for organized crime to exist.
My feeling is that this sort of things should be regulated at a neighborhood level, so that it is possible to not have them in some neighborhoods where they are unpopular, while still being accessible in other not-too-distant areas where people do want them.
In any case, such trade is not a crime that would go away with basic income. People will have MORE to spend on vices, actually.
I think there are plenty of people on disability who also use opioids. That would be a lot harder without that money.
Crime also tends to correlate negatively with wealth redistribution, not positively. Correlation != causation, natch, but it's also the case that if your causative claim were true, then one would expect the correlation to be positive rather than negative.