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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by joquarky on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @09:08PM (#46804829)
UBI will become at least as complicated as federal taxes. Perverse incentives will creep in.
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by WalterBright on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @10:05PM (#46805245)
Paying people to not work will never work.
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by stonogo on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @10:35PM (#46805485)
It's working in the farm bills for a hundred years.
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by WalterBright on Thursday January 29, 2026 @02:23AM (#46806885)
Paying people to not work accomplishes what?
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by stonogo on Thursday January 29, 2026 @03:48AM (#46807468)
No idea, you'd have to ask the farmers
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