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user-inactivated  ·  2932 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My mental hurdle: Universal Basic Income

    Know what else these programs do besides just give people money? Knowledge and encouragement.

That is why I think we need a national service program. Are you 17- 20 and have no clue what you want to do with your life? Give us 3 years and at the end we will pay for either college or a trade school. Make it like the Civilian Conservation Corps, or some of the New Deal programs that put people to work. Build friendships, build ownership in the country, build opportunities.