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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by hoppyhoppy2 on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:05PM (#29969461)
>My spouse worked for the state government as part of a benefits/disbursement program. She took phone calls from benefits recipients

Not to excuse bad behavior, but one of the arguments for UBI is that it could help streamline the convoluted systems of government benefits; under a simpler basic-income system perhaps those callers would be fewer and less angry.

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