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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  2521 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: After Universal Basic Income, The Flood – Simon Sarris – Medium

Exactly. All you need is basic math. To quote myself:

    $12,000 per person (for every U.S. citizen) = $3.8 trillion (annually).

What else does anyone need to know, except maybe that we just passed a bill including tax exemptions on purchases of private jets? The rich aren't forking over a damn dime, and they're unquestionably holding the reigns right now.

Let's promote universal basic skepticism.