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20k would be great, I could cover my rent and have a few hundred dollars a month left over. Thats not a lot, but its enough to assure I can continue to live an not have to worry about what would happen if my job vanished, or an emergency came up that prevented me or my girlfriend from working.

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I think that's the beauty of the concept. At the end of the day, most people's lives won't change much. The welfare client will have roughly the same amount of wealth. The middle-class earner will have the same level of wealth.

The power comes from: a) Removing the bureaucracy of having both a progressive tax system (you make more, you pay more) and a redundant means tested benefits system (you make more, you get less) b) Having security of the basic needs of life, regardless of what happens.

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