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GeneralRe: Automated future and basic universal income Pin
harold aptroot20-Dec-16 13:51
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Super Lloyd20-Dec-16 16:09
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Nelek21-Dec-16 1:31
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Super Lloyd20-Dec-16 15:57
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Mike Hankey21-Dec-16 1:41
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Mark_Wallace21-Dec-16 4:08
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Tim Carmichael21-Dec-16 2:45
Tim Carmichael21-Dec-16 2:45 
One of the largest monthly expenditures is housing. For Universal Basic Income to work, individuals need to live in areas where housing is relatively affordable; to a large extent, that excludes most major cities. I grew up in Ontario, Canada in a city of between 50,000 and 60,000, so not necessarily a 'major' city, but significant. And, if I read the city's online newspaper, I regularly see articles about how housing in not affordable. So, if you have a 'guaranteed income', but you use 1/2 of it for housing, you don't have enough to pay your utilities, groceries, transportation, etc...
So... you have to move to a 'minor' community to find affordable housing. Oh, wait, now the nearest grocery store is now an hour away by car - no public transit available.

And who is paying for all of this? The government? No... taxes are - from people who are striving to improve their lives and businesses who getting tired of being overtaxed and shift to less expensive regions.

And universal health care? I needed an 'emergency' MRI - I had to wait 3 months because there was a lack of MRI facilities due to funding...

There is no free lunch.

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Joe Woodbury21-Dec-16 11:02
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