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A comment on The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income. Parent comment

Re:The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income by JulianMorrison on Thursday December 05, 2013 @01:47PM (#6856255)
Spends it on what? The mind goes easily to stereotypes like "gambling" and "drugs" but how about "medical debt from visiting the ER" or "the rustbucket car they rely upon for work just broke down again"? Unless the basic income is quite large, it will leave people in the same kind of precarious situation as the working poor.
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Re:The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income by dllthomas on Thursday December 05, 2013 @02:00PM (#6856361)
Well, it'll leave the working poor and the non-working poor all a little better off, and give them the ability to shift resources as they see fit instead of as we see fit, which should typically help increase their welfare.
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