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Re:Basic Income Means Basic Freedom by gizmo686 on Sunday December 15, 2013 @11:18PM (#6912842)
>Lastly, the basic income makes it easier to abandon the income tax entirely and move to consumption based taxation.

How so?

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Re:Basic Income Means Basic Freedom by dllthomas on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @08:29PM (#6932309)
While I wouldn't make the claim, one argument I see is that it balances the regressiveness that a sales tax typically exhibits.
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