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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by samnwa on Friday February 08, 2019 @12:32PM (#19116578)
Why not just optimize human output like China did and incentivize education in fields that provide large scale value to society (STEM primarily) so that children are likely to deliver commensurate value to society to their costs?
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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by benj111 on Friday February 08, 2019 @01:00PM (#19116913)
That's kind of missing the point, if theres 90% unemployment, unless you arrange is so people are in education or retirement for all but circa 5 years of their life, most won't get a chance to use their skills, and no one will have money to buy the things they make anyway.
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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by icebraining on Friday February 08, 2019 @12:34PM (#19116602)
In Finland there's no tuition and almost all students get financial aid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_financial_aid_(Finland...
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