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Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee by saraid216 on Sunday September 01, 2013 @05:38PM (#6312276)
> if it was valuable enough to other people to be considered a "service to society," then she could be getting paid for it.

Why do you assume she couldn't be getting paid for it? Maybe she's just not charging.

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Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee by jknightco on Monday September 02, 2013 @09:29AM (#6315032)
If she's doing something she could be getting paid for bit she's not charging, then society definitely should not have to pick up the bill. That's just unfair.
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Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee by ihateloggingin on Monday September 02, 2013 @02:58PM (#6316543)
Generally it works so that you get paid to do things for rich people, but if you do those things for poor people you don't get paid.
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