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I encourage fans of this idea to experiment with it. Find a complete stranger and give him a guaranteed income if he abstains from government programs. Come b
by stretchwithme 13y ago
I encourage fans of this idea to experiment with it. Find a complete stranger and give him a guaranteed income if he abstains from government programs. Come back in five years and share your results.
As for me, I don't wish to be forced into running your experiment.
- dllthomas 13y agoExperiments have been done, and have shown good results. I've no objection to further experimentation, but at some point we should implement the policy that looks best. There is, mathematically speaking, clearly some non-empty set of optimal values for a Basic Income. How confident are you that $0 is in that set, even in the face of argument (from not just the modern left, but also Thomas Paine and Milton Friedman and some modern Libertarians) and experiment?
- stretchwithme 13y agoGo for it then. Hope its worth your money.
- dllthomas 13y agoYeah, I think you're aware of why you're full of it, here...