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while i'm not sure i agree that all work should be valued equally, that would be more reasonable than what a basic income implies. a basic income means you get it whether you work or not, and that is the part that I find undesirable.

that being said the problem with valuing all work the same is that people's definitions of what work has any value at all will be different. it's much easier if the work actually has to have value, i.e. someone willing to pay for it.




To be clear, a basic income implies you get the stipend regardless. That doesn't mean you don't get more if you work.


This is HN and on HN most have brains; that is less common outside HN. So let's say you have an <


Wow.. This was cut off and not editable... What mobile client for iOS is good as there was a whole story here in the client i'm using and it just posted this :(




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