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Kafke · 3901 days ago · link · · parent · post: 5 reasons to consider a no-strings-attached, basic income for all Americans
There's definitely a huge string attached. Where the hell is all the money coming from? There's only so much money to go around. So you'd either have to make/print more, which reduces the value of current owners. Or you'd have to take it from people who already have money, which isn't cool IMO. The last option would be to stop spending it on roads and such. But IMO, I'd rather pay taxes for roads and public utilities than paying someone to be a bit lazier. Also the "reduce poverty" reason is bullshit. of course it would. If you define poverty as having 'X' amount of money, and then give them over that amount of money, by definition they'd be out of poverty.