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    We should all support Universal Basic Income.
    The robots are here.

    • see what happens in finland even though there economy is pretty controlled. if is simply money without any incentive to do better might turn people into welfar
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    • e styled indian tribes. also skeptical of how it would be lobbied and people run on it as a platform to increase, but sadly it might be the future since we have
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    • created artifical wage bubbles and technology is becoming a cheaper labor source, especially w/ minimum wage hikes.
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    • Finland is baby size country, can't compare to usa.robotron3k
    • not just size but industry, culture, taxes, mentality. I never mean to make a comparison of the US to any country really. we are big and diverse.
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    • Friedman made a case for a negative income tax, which is similiar but it had a mechanism where you were rewarded if u fell below the level but tried anways
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    • he figured a simplification of doing away with all welfare and having a single NIT would be effective however still prone to scope creep and arbitrary raises
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