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If he is 75 and still has to work to get by he has already been robbed of his livelihood. The average lifespan for males in the US is 76ish.

Maybe he just does it for the love of the game, but there are so many old, sick, people in pain who have to labor like this just to get by every day.

Universal basic income is a simple and obvious answer. In a few years we will have zillion dollar companies being run entirely by robots making enormous profits. Share the fucking profits with everyone so that everyone can at least live with dignity.

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>Universal basic income is a simple and obvious answer. In a few years we will have zillion dollar companies being run entirely by robots making enormous profits. Share the fucking profits with everyone so that everyone can at least live with dignity.

Sure, but what do we do in the US? UBI would be politically and culturally a non-starter here unless it was extremely means tested and limited (making it no longer universal) and all other forms of welfare were repealed (under the aegis of "reducing government bloat and inefficiency.") Americans won't accept spending their hard earned taxes to make the lives of non-whites, immigrants and the indigent poor too comfortable.

> In a few years we will have zillion dollar companies being run entirely by robots making enormous profits.

"Zillion", I see you've done extensive research here. And these companies aren't making any profit, nevermind enormous.

> Share the fucking profits with everyone so that everyone can at least live with dignity.

Give us a yearly number for what "living with dignity" looks like, multiply that by the entire population, and tell us what you come up with.

How do we prevent UBI from becoming as corrupted and convoluted as taxes?

Governments will use UBI to drive behavior and it will always favor the well connected.

Isn't the whole point of UBI that it is universal and equal, e.g. everyone gets XX$ no matter what? If it is tied somehow to behavior then it is not UBI anymore, but more like a tax credit

He definitely is doing it for the love of the game. Different generation loves to work

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