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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by brobinson on Thursday July 02, 2015 @01:18PM (#9820246)
Who owns the machines in that system? The government?
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by mcv on Thursday July 02, 2015 @02:21PM (#9820630)
I don't care who owns them, as long as the value they produce is at least partially shared.
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by Noelkd on Thursday July 02, 2015 @03:50PM (#9821180)
If you haven't read this[1] I think you might enjoy it. It covers the ideas you are talking about. I think it was featured on HN some time back.

[1] http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by brobinson on Thursday July 02, 2015 @04:22PM (#9821369)
This is awesome. Thanks for linking it.

I've had dreams of doing this to an In-n-Out location. Every one I've been to has had all the employees doing every job like a scatterbrained beehive, and it takes 15-20 minutes to get your food.

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