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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by jariel on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:42AM (#23994756)
"Public services should be public"

Money is not a public service.

Also, to the OP Milton Friedman's 'Negative Tax' is the same thing as UBI - in the end, 'rich people' would not get a cheque in the mail because on the whole, they'd make too much money.

Also - the top 10% taxes would have to go up radically in order to pay for UBI.

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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by aahhahahaaa on Thursday July 30, 2020 @04:23PM (#24002465)
The top 10% of taxes should go up radically. They've been MUCH higher in the past.
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by jariel on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:40PM (#24005148)
There were somewhat higher for a tiny slice of history.
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