"Universal basic income to be tested in Wales'
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I'm sure the timing is coincidental:...
a) The story having minor weekend billing in the news & occuring at a time when scary variant stories and unlocking -or not- fear/anger dominate the headlines and attention; &...
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I'm sure the timing is coincidental:...
a) The story having minor weekend billing in the news & occuring at a time when scary variant stories and unlocking -or not- fear/anger dominate the headlines and attention; &...
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b) Its bigger picture timing in the odyssey of 2020/1. Such UBI ideas just happen to be being discussed elsewhere too recently.
Surely all coincidence.
But... still... a bit odd, don't you think?
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Surely all coincidence.
But... still... a bit odd, don't you think?
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Unless this is all just talk or a mere rebranding and tweaking of existing policies (which I'm sure is a possibility), a genuine UBI has serious and deep implications.
For one thing, it would alter (again) the relationship between the private citizen and the state,...
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For one thing, it would alter (again) the relationship between the private citizen and the state,...
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...which, I think it's fair to say, has already become more than a little too intertwined & rather unhealthy over the last year.
(And let's not even bother discussing the economics of it here.)
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(And let's not even bother discussing the economics of it here.)
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People should be thinking about these matters (there are many) clearly and carefully.
Except of course, we've worked hard (see r/t below) to deliberately put people in a position in which they can't think for themselves.
These are dangerous times.
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Except of course, we've worked hard (see r/t below) to deliberately put people in a position in which they can't think for themselves.
These are dangerous times.
https://twitter.com/RuminatorDan/status/1393597768011329538?s=19
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