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Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by mLuby on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:59AM (#27316146)
> By scaling up the size and scope of the fund, you can conceivably get to a place where the dividend can work out to $10k+ per person per year.

We've done that, except the dividends to go to a few rich families instead of to everyone.

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Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by bhupy on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:42AM (#27316754)
Where have we done that? Keep in mind that we're talking about sovereign wealth funds funding a universal dividend; the closest we have to that is Alaska's fund, which provides an equal dividend to everyone regardless of income.
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