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Incorrect - it is a basic income that is going to be paid to everyone, working or not.

http://www.businessinsider.com/behind-the-swiss-unconditiona...

> We are not proposing a minimum income — we are proposing an unconditional income.

> A minimum wage reduces freedom — because it is an additional rule. It tries to fix a system that has been outdated for a while. It is time to partly disconnect human labor and income. We are living in a time where machines do a lot of the manual labor — that is great — we should be celebrating.




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