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Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society? by ryandrake on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @10:57AM (#40986619)
Sometimes, the means-testing apparatus itself costs more than the benefit that it is supposedly "protecting." Occasionally it costs multiples of the benefit.
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Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society? by sjsdaiuasgdia on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @11:09AM (#40986751)
Exactly! We're so concerned about someone getting something they don't "deserve" that we'll spend ourselves to death to prevent it.
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