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Absolutely not simply because I don’t like a basic lifestyle. I love snowboarding in Colorado or going to Broadway shows in NYC. I love my Tesla and treating myself to concerts and sporting events. I eat out for nearly every meal. A basic income won’t suit my lifestyle.

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But wouldn’t you want to eat basic hard tack the rest of your life if it meant you got to drink unicorn tears at every meal?

These questions posed about UBI never fail to promise the impossible (your ultimate happiness/freedom) in exchange for something equally impossible (a basic income sufficient to meet even the most austere of needs).

I yawn.

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