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Re:The promising results of Stockton’s basic income experiment by moduspol on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:32AM (#23857875)
Why $62500?

The participants should be voting on how much to take from those among them with the higher incomes. I mean--unless we're assessing how UBI might work in a country without democracy.

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Re:The promising results of Stockton’s basic income experiment by AdrianB1 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:47AM (#23859520)
Democracy is not a free pas to vote anything, especially if it is negatively impact some people, otherwise you justify gang rapes as a majority decision.
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Re:The promising results of Stockton’s basic income experiment by moduspol on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:37AM (#23860063)
Sure, but it's tough to imagine in today's climate that a majority of voters living only on UBI would vote to maintain or lower the amount of money given directly to them from the top X%.

We already have the issue today but it's not quite so direct.

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Re:The promising results of Stockton’s basic income experiment by AdrianB1 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:35PM (#23862222)
This is a huge problem with UBI. Maybe people will have to make a choice, either live on UBI or vote, but not both - it is immoral to vote for your own benefits.
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