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Want a quick and dirty fix? Kill half of the poor. Problem solved immediately. (I hate such rhetorical questions, so this is the ironic answer I always give) T
by guylhem 13y ago
Want a quick and dirty fix? Kill half of the poor. Problem solved immediately. (I hate such rhetorical questions, so this is the ironic answer I always give)
There is no quick way out, and the various "basic income" schemes are untested on such a wide scale, and their consequences unknown.
Those who favour basic income on the hypothesis it will be balanced by a reduction of government redistribution jobs ignore a very important trend: governments never shrink - they grow with time (IIRC, in the US over 40% of the GDP is eaten by the gov)
- shadowspar 13y agoGenocide jokes aren't funny. No, not even yours.
- dllthomas 13y ago"(IIRC, in the US over 40% of the GDP is eaten by the gov)" http://www.morganwarstler.com/post/44789487956/guaranteed-income-choose-your-boss-the-market-based http://www.morganwarstler.com/post/44789487956/guaranteed-in... It looks like it's strictly less than 25%, though there could well be categories of spending that's excluding.