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		brenschluss on March 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It Is Time For Basic Income If BI was disbursed bi-weekly, then "Spending everything" wouldn't be a catastrophic failure. It's not like you'd be sitting on a pot of gold. What if BI was disbursed daily, even? You would never amass enough money to "spend everything" on gambling on drugs...

cookingrobot on March 22, 2014 | [–]

It could be distributed by the second. Hopefully it just drips into your bank and you can use a chargecard.

gkoz on March 22, 2014 | [–]

I can't decide, whether to consider this a nanny or police state...

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