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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by 314 on Thursday July 02, 2015 @05:12AM (#9817667)
Checking the latest figures for 2016: 155B for pensions and welfare 56B. I assume the point is to replace both of those completely with the basic income so the net cost is not 240B, it is 29B. Not cheap, but not pie in the sky either. Sell a bank or two :)
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by dagw on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:17AM (#9818603)
There's an addition ~55B spent on welfare that comes from from local rather than central budgets, so that should probably be included.
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by just_had_tea on Thursday July 02, 2015 @06:46AM (#9818034)
Cut defense wastage. Uh, sorry, I meant defense spending.
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by s_kilk on Thursday July 02, 2015 @01:27PM (#9820295)
Less bombs, more bread.
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by tosseraccount on Thursday July 02, 2015 @02:37PM (#9820733)
How did not spending on defense work out for France and Poland?
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by ZenoArrow on Thursday July 02, 2015 @03:30PM (#9821053)
Worked out pretty well for Costa Rica.

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/15/opinion/la-oe-barash...

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