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Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by enriquto on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @04:01AM (#23244438)
> we just have to accept that UBI would give people that work undesirable/uninteresting jobs an off-ramp from the economy. The problem being that our economy depends on these people performing such jobs.

I had to read your comment three times; it was unbelievable that somebody could ever hold such a revolting argument. You are saying that it is OK to keep large swaths of the population under the permanent menace of starvation, exposure and death from curable illnesses, lest they wouldn't have an incentive to pick your trash and serve you fast food. Dude, relax.

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Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by therealdrag0 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:24PM (#23248750)
Dude relax. Did you read their next sentence? They are not saying that's bad or good in and of-itself, they are concerned with the consequences of that: inflation. Sometimes a point takes more than one sentence to make.

They might be right or wrong, but at least respond to what they're actually saying. Picking and choosing sentences to quote out of context is a big problem in todays discourse.

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