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		bob33212 on July 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 We currently have a floor (SNAP and food stamps, food banks, and soup kitchens, homeless shelters). UBI is about more than not starving.

lifeformed on July 31, 2020 [–]

Those floors are still pretty low as they don't cover housing. UBI is like, a food, shelter, and health floor.

bob33212 on July 31, 2020 | [–]

Exactly, UBI gives the people an option not to work, but still survive

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