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A comment on Why We Sleep: A Tale of Institutional Failure.

Re:Why We Sleep: A Tale of Institutional Failure by Jedd on Sunday April 12, 2020 @09:06AM (#22847994)
The protagonist's take on UBI is an interesting read in the context of under-evidenced speculation:

https://guzey.com/economics/against-universal-basic-income/

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Re:Why We Sleep: A Tale of Institutional Failure by benibela on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:01PM (#22859423)
That does not address one of the main points of UBI: eliminating the welfare cliff

Like someone is on welfare and the welfare includes free health care insurance. Then they get a job, they do not get welfare anymore, but then they need to pay for insurance, so with the job they have less money than before.

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