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Re:Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? Stockton, CA Is Fir... by pmiller2 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @03:15PM (#17190756)
Are you saying that every $1 spent on UBI is expected to return $X > 1 and that $X > $Y (where $Y is the return on current social service programs)? If so, I would say [citation needed], but, if proven, that would be a great argument for UBI.
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Re:Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? Stockton, CA Is Fir... by ddingus on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:16PM (#17193478)
I don't think UBI delivers much of a return at all, when compared to public works and more direct investment in the people.

I do not mean the current social service programs. I mean new, improved ones, along with Public Works people building things of real value that will deliver real returns for very long periods of time.

A very large UBI could. But there's no way that's ever going to happen.

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