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Thank you for providing a perfect example of the concern around Universal Basic Income. Even to the point of dropping the Universal...

It doesn't even exist and it can still be used to divide society. The exact opposite of its intention.

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I really don't understand that line of reasoning. Just because some people may want a different form of UBI is no argument against UBI itself. Any non-trivial policy in government is subject to multiple views - and that is insufficient reason to hold back from offering all policy changes.

Fine, everyone gets universal basic income -- felons are levied heavy fines which they will pay from.. their universal basic income. No one here is arguing against the existence of fines as a punitive measure in society, are they?

Your derision is unwarranted and unconstructive.

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