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Re:I'm going to work full-time on free software by coldtea on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:30AM (#18922211)
UBI shouldn't be connected with "making a living in NYC" or whether. It should be enough to cover basic needs, even if it means having to move to a cheaper state.

In that light, something like $10-$12,000 is more like it -- should cover rent, basic food, electricity, and so on. It's to not have homeless, destitute, left behind people, not to cover nice living expenses.

For a family, $10 will be of course $20, and so on. A few friends could pool and stay in the same house with $1000 rent and get $40K between them, etc.

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Re:I'm going to work full-time on free software by wj on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:37AM (#18922279)
Moving is expensive as well. When you hear about families being unable to buy diapers in bulk because they can't save the $50 needed for that and instead buy smaller quantities at twice the cost per diaper you realize that some people simply can't afford to move somewhere cheaper as crazy as that sounds.
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Re:I'm going to work full-time on free software by mazlix on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:45AM (#18922356)
Yeah but with UBI everyone would suddenly have a great source of credit. Who wouldn't loan someone $10k to move at a low interest rate when you know that person by being a US Citizen is receiving $10k/yr.
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