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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by jagged-chisel on Thursday July 17, 2025 @07:44PM (#44599587)
> … people struggling to get by.

Rather, people who “didn’t earn it.”

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by interstice on Thursday July 17, 2025 @08:03PM (#44599729)
Is this \s?
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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by zzrrt on Thursday July 17, 2025 @09:00PM (#44600080)
Probably portraying the attitude of the people complaining about "my tax dollars" as referenced in the preceding post.
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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by throaway955 on Thursday July 17, 2025 @09:28PM (#44600239)
that's the attitude. "You need to work, even if it's at McDonalds!" "You can't ask other people to carry your weight!"
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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by kbelder on Friday July 18, 2025 @02:08AM (#44601698)
You can certainly ask other people to carry your weight.

The problem is when you start to force other people to.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by ToucanLoucan on Thursday July 17, 2025 @08:40PM (#44599956)
In a world with so much surplus, the fact that we still demand people earn a living under penalty of death is the most psychotic shit I've ever seen.
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