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No, it's simply predicated on the idea of diminishing marginal utility. The only reason it's more of a potential problem for the poor than the rich is because a concave function has a negative second derivative. Seriously, make up any concave function and compute marginal utility before and after a basic income for the rich and poor alike.

It's also a concern given that the poor already do sit on their ass and eat mcdonald's all day. Most poor don't work and aren't looking for a job.




Your logic has you backwards.

Most of those who are either lazy or unable to find work are poor. Many who are unable to find work are in that situation through no fault of their own.


Comments like this make it seem like you have a personal agenda behind all that math.


Have you considered the possibility that the data and math I cite is what caused me to have my "agenda"?

Incidentally, data: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2011.pdf


That triggers my skepticism. Math and data don't prompt one to say pejorative things. Emotion and ideology do.


I suspect you are referring to my use of the words "sit on their ass and eat mcdonald's all day"? Read Rayiner's post - the phrasing is his. He just uses it as reducto ad absurdum, which is not actually so absurd.




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