@codinghorror The biggest problem would be inflation from exploitative basic necessities companies, like supermarkets, but that’s already a problem we should address, and good taxation seems to be the only way. So if they raise the prices to extract all UBI you raise more taxes and raise UBI.
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"Guaranteed Minimum Income isn't "less progressive."@codinghorror UBI doesn’t cost more because you can get rid of all the checking infrastructure. And because of UBI you don’t need to worry about how those people are going to survive. Also limiting it to the people in need, as someone else said, incentivise clandestine employment but also disincentivise finding better/any employment, if that would push you over the line.
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Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests@rikviergever I generally use fast.com , and while I am sure it does the same overcollection of data, it’s Netflix, so they already know. But I will give this a try.
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This is some serious 80s productivity right here.@Cloudscout first time I’ve ever seen a vertical CRT. So cool!
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What’s your TV “comfort food” – something you can watch over and over?@flexghost I don’t rewatch shows, I’d rather watch a new one. That’s why it was even weirder to me when I found myself watching Battlestar Galactica for the fourth time or Cowboy Bebop for the … well I stopped counting a long time ago.
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Back at it@stroughtonsmith release it!