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thenewgreen  ·  4029 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Basic Income Means Basic Freedom

Let's say that basic income happens in the US at $15k a year per individual. Do you think this would satisfy people? You don't think eventually people would say that $15k year was inhumane? So long as some people have more jellybeans than others, there will always be the "poor" and unrest.

    Wonder how long it would actually take this to happen in the States given today's political climate.
-This wouldn't happen in the states.

mk, didn't you propose something like this to b_b and myself as we were having a beer in Royal Oak a while back? -a basic income that everyone received no matter what your total income was. Also, wasoxygen, I wonder what your take is on "basic income?"