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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by derefr on Thursday July 11, 2013 @11:22AM (#6026577)
You can, however, say that going forward, people will pay into basic income instead of social security; and that no one born after [policy-change date] will receive social security in the future (since they never paid into it.)
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by effn on Thursday July 11, 2013 @11:27AM (#6026628)
Possible in theory. But then you have to explain to people why they are paying the same amount of tax as people one year older than them, but will still receive a lot less when they retire.
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by danielweber on Thursday July 11, 2013 @12:05PM (#6026919)
That's coming anyway.

For the record, you have zero ownership rights in your SS benefits. They can be changed at will.

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by dllthomas on Thursday July 11, 2013 @11:30AM (#6026660)
It needn't be a sharp cutoff.
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