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user-inactivated  ·  3755 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Basic Income Means Basic Freedom

That's what promoters say. Following your logic, though, there'd still be welfare, SSI, etc -- it'd just start when the 15k was used up. Flat minimum income is just the sort of project I'm extremely skeptical of in general, but I can't tell if that's me falling prey to inborn biases or not.