Universal Basic Income

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[quote='Tazzycorn' pid='1548751' dateline='1493990014']

It'll be a lot less than the cost of allowing 20%+ of the population live at below the poverty line, which is what is happening now.

The official figure in the last census was 14.8%. Given how bad the US is at actually measuring poverty (mainly because the politicians don't want to know), the real figure is probably north of 20%.

Gosh, you're right, rich people didn't contribute shit to the society, Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Larry ellison, ......... Fucking Parasites!

Hey it's not my fault we're living in a system where a tiny group of people (including all those you mentioned, for example, Gates, Zuckerberg and Bezos got rich off a combination of stealing other peoples' ideas and very sharp work and business practices, and all four continue to refuse to pay their fair share of taxes while being lauded for giving negligible amounts to charity {compared to their net wealth and earnings}).

You want to be in thrall to the Horatio Alger fantasy, that's ok with me. Just don't say I didn't warn you when you get fucked out on your ear.