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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by beervirus on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:05PM (#24000522)
Great point. Why does the government bother taxing anyone at all? Money printer go brrrr.
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by mbrock on Friday July 31, 2020 @05:39AM (#24007108)
To make sure there’s demand for money. It’s certainly not because the money is a scarce resource for them, since they are the monopoly issuer of the money.
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