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7. who/what provides the revenue stream that

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:29 PM

Nov 2016

would implement the universal income?

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"what if jobs are not the solution but the problem?" [View all] JHan Nov 2016 OP

A universal income? What a Marxist idea. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #1

Yes Marxist :D :D JHan Nov 2016 #2

Yep. JHan Nov 2016 #8

The GOP loves to frame unemployment and/or underemployment guillaumeb Nov 2016 #19

eventually, this pretty much has to be the answer anarch Nov 2016 #3

We'll just quote Hayek right back at them.. JHan Nov 2016 #9

I respond with #8. eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #20

And as others have pointed out, guillaumeb Nov 2016 #21

I have always believed that providing a universal minimum income... mike_c Nov 2016 #6

thanks for sharing your story mike.. JHan Nov 2016 #12

who/what provides the revenue stream that WhiteTara Nov 2016 #7

As percentage of GDP for starters... JHan Nov 2016 #11

Thanks for the explanation. WhiteTara Nov 2016 #16

Germany is very different culturally.. JHan Nov 2016 #14

And one more point about outsourcing -- JHan Nov 2016 #15

Our new government will be "Three Branches Bush on Steroids" by Dec 2017. HughBeaumont Nov 2016 #18