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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by jnwatson on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:00PM (#23994093)
Shadow currencies never work. If doesn’t work for food stamps and it doesn’t work for WoW gold.

There’s no reason to tell people what to spend their money on. Generally, folks are better at determining how to spend money for themselves.

Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by w0rdson on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:34PM (#23994341)
I hear you, it's just such a difficult problem. I was just thinking of what the bare minimum is we could do to ensure no one is really living without basic necessities, until the point where our political climate makes it actually feasible to blindly give everyone X,000 a month.

I'm sure there are issues with welfare coupons, but being able to go into a grocery store and buy items you need without having to apply for anything has to be an improvement. Like I said though I need to research more so I could be wrong.