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Re:12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income by jpindar on Monday May 07, 2018 @11:57AM (#17013762)
Would YOU quit your job and descend into apathy and lethargy? You're saying you'd PREFER to be poor?

Centuries of human history shows that most people choose not to be poor, if at all possible. Many go to great lengths to avoid it.

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Re:12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income by dragonwriter on Monday May 07, 2018 @12:25PM (#17014014)
> Centuries of human history shows that most people choose not to be poor, if at all possible.

And it's not just “poor vs. not poor”; a substantial share of the people who have the capacity to be rich without much effort expend additional effort to be more rich, if there are opportunities to do so.

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Re:12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income by spacehome on Monday May 07, 2018 @12:31PM (#17014073)
Some do. Some are quite contented.
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