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Re:Universal Basic Income Is Not Feasible by JumpCrisscross on Thursday April 26, 2018 @07:28PM (#16936961)
I am sceptical of (1), but not certain enough to refuse experimentation. Modern computing makes administration cheap. A lot of UBI literature fails to account for those realised and potential efficiencies.
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Re:Universal Basic Income Is Not Feasible by contravariant on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:23PM (#16937704)
Well, government administrations aren't exactly known for their simplicity or efficiency.

Even if not, most support is send conditionally and only to certain people, this requires more checking than sending everyone an unconditional amount.

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