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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by tonyedgecombe on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:20PM (#29969732)
>If you're paying large numbers to do nothing, the value of that money plummets and people will starve.

We already pay large numbers of people to do nothing, retirees.

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by throwawayboise on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:51PM (#29970965)
Ostensibly, we are paying them back the Social Security taxes + interest that were withheld from their pay when they were working, supplemented by any pensions or savings they may have.
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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:01AM (#29980140)
Whatever way you look at it they are doing nothing and people aren't "starving".
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