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Re:An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people ... by rowanG077 on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:45PM (#26120713)
You don't need UBI for "Alleviating the threat of death due to unemployment". You can have welfare systems that encourage you do get a job and only pay the minimum for you to live. These systems allready exists in some countries.

That's not what UBI is about.

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Re:An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people ... by solosoyokaze on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:52PM (#26120757)
It’s definitely part of what it’s about. No one should have to struggle to survive or work an exploitative job.

I think that’s where we’re at as a species. We should be able to provide baseline survival to all.

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