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Re:Policies that make the poor less poor by gruez on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:11AM (#27579946)
> That's just wrong. A Basic Income is nothing like a retirement pension.

>The 'B' stands for 'Basic'. Most of us already work to get better things. That won't change.

To me UBI is like a pension because you're getting a monthly payment for not doing anything. Your point doesn't really refute that.

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Re:Policies that make the poor less poor by JoeAltmaier on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:48AM (#27617334)
'Like a pension' means a whole lot of things, not just one cherry-picked feature. Pensions are enough to live on for instance.

Might as well call a dividend a pension - you get that 'unearned' as well.

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