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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by izacus on Thursday January 29, 2026 @07:37AM (#46809362)
From cancelling pointless military projects?
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by WalterBright on Thursday January 29, 2026 @10:03AM (#46811136)
The entire defense budget is $874b.

As I remarked, the UBI math doesn't work.

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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by jack_h on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:00PM (#46816514)
UBI would be pure deficit spending which would basically double it. Our interest is already the #2 federal outlay at $1 trillion (defense is #5 last I heard) and we're already in fiscal dominance. So the end result is UBI would trigger much higher inflation which would make those UBI checks worthless.
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