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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by WalterBright on Thursday December 19, 2024 @02:52PM (#42465081)
That's a novel interpretation of it. I've never seen anyone advocate that.
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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by positr0n on Thursday December 19, 2024 @09:40PM (#42467784)
Hardly novel. I see lots of libertarians and conservatives advocating replacing most government spending (and beauracracy!) with UBI.

The conservative economist Milton Friedman advocated for UBI in the form of a negative income tax.

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by WalterBright on Thursday December 19, 2024 @09:59PM (#42467879)
> replacing most government spending (and beauracracy!) with UBI

UBI and free health care are fundamentally different.

> UBI in the form of a negative income tax

That's not UBI. UBI is everyone gets the same sum from the government.

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