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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by rorykoehler on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:31PM (#23267379)
Think of UBI as another lever in a countries' monetary and fiscal policies. In fact is it completely insane that this is not already in the mix from a purely pragmatic perspective.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by theboat on Thursday May 21, 2020 @09:46PM (#23267882)
it...is? what else would you call sending stimulus checks to nearly every American? however shortlived, we effectively had UBI, helicopter money, or a negative income tax, whatever you wish to call it
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by jakeogh on Thursday May 21, 2020 @09:44PM (#23267875)
It's an authortarian dream. Got a fine? Just deduct it. Putting people on the take gives government significantly more leverage over them. Just wait till China pairs it with their social credit score.
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