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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by kuratkull on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:36PM (#29970805)
Currency exchange rates are bidirectional. You are arguing for people to produce less, so export plummets, which will bring down the value of the $, which means it is harder to import stuff you need.
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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by goodpoint on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:43PM (#29972014)
> You are arguing for people to produce less

No I'm not.

> so export plummets, which will bring down the value of the $

No, if anything, it's the very opposite.

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by tekknik on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:15AM (#29975409)
> No, if anything, it's the very opposite.

How?

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