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DrScump on May 31, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Moving Forward on Basic Income

<Fewer desperate people means you have the liberty to walk streets at night without the fear of being mugged.>

You think that desires for nonessentials (or even luxuries) magically go away in such an environment?

Heck, a guy who was playing in the NBA a year ago was shot dead while pulling a home-invasion robbery this week. NBA minimum salary was $507K.

mbreese on June 1, 2016 [–]

That NBA guy (I assume we're talking about Bryce Dejean-Jones) played this year too and it wasn't a home-invasion robbery.

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