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Then employers would have to pay people more than an extra 200 dollars.



Or unemployment would raise sharply, taxes would raise sharply (to pay BI), then companies would relocate to a foreign country.

Or wages would raise, prices would raise (inflation), then BI would not anymore afford a minimal standard of living.

Or both: unemployment would raise, wages would raise, prices would raise, taxes would raise.. companies would go bankrupt or relocate, and most people on BI would be poor.




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