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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by dtech on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:44AM (#22494470)
More "tax dollars" going to rural roads because more people live there is incomparable with a policy maker deciding that more budget should go there.
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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by throwaway894345 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:34AM (#22495056)
In the current case, politicians are deciding to route dollars to rural roads because people live there. In the UBI case, tax dollars are given to people who live in rural areas who then pay tax to fix their own roads (or maybe we don't change how rural roads are funded and we just add on UBI?). Seems like you're making a distinction without a (meaningful) difference.
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