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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by parasight on Sunday October 06, 2013 @01:48AM (#6503286)
The fun of law, engineering, and arts is a matter of taste. I am not sure if that applies to flipping burgers and delivering pizza. I know a lot of people developing software for free just for the fun of it. I doubt there would be that many people flipping burgers for free (or a very low salary) if there would be an unconditional basic income.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by TheCoelacanth on Sunday October 06, 2013 @11:14AM (#6504300)
Developing software is fun. Developing the software that they want you to develop usually isn't. You don't get paid to develop software; you get paid to develop the software that they want you do develop.
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