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What would the United States be like if we had Universal Basic Income?

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  • 4 months ago

    Everything would be more expensive.

  • 4 months ago

    Prepare to stand in line for your monthly bread and milk.  No meat, though.  That’s for the political class.

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  • 4 months ago

    Frankly, it's hard for me to imagine.  Even as liberal as I am, I have to wonder how many people will just stay home and live off their UBI.  And also I wonder if that might even be a good thing, since there won't be jobs for them anyway.

  • 4 months ago

    Purchasing power would decrease ... that would make the poor have money but little to do with it, because of the price hikes that would also affect the middle class.

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  • 4 months ago

    a lot less rich people would call the US home, you'd have to tax the heck out of them gto cvund it

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