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Re:Policies that make the poor less poor by username90 on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:21AM (#27578445)
> They do, or we wouldn't have any retired people.

Most software engineers or equivalent workers could retire right now or within a few years with their savings if they kept their expenses at what basic income would give. Yet basically none of them do it, why?

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Re:Policies that make the poor less poor by foogazi on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:55AM (#27579767)
Because there is no guarantee that future expenses (medical, food, housing) will be fixed in cost
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Re:Policies that make the poor less poor by username90 on Monday June 21, 2021 @05:48PM (#27584955)
There you go, there is no guarantee of future UBI either.
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