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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by minikites on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:02AM (#19462111)
Yes, you are forced to work and that's one of the main arguments in favor of a basic income.
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by AlexTWithBeard on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:15AM (#19462199)
I personally find the idea of basic income very interesting (I'm not yet confident it will work in real life though), but that's probably an off-topic for this thread.

Back to your point though: isn't it ironical then that pretty much the only place where a person is not "forced" to work is prison? How's that ever fair?

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