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   From: joe@jretrading.com   
      
   On Wed, 1 Feb 2017 12:30:27 -0500   
   burfordTjustice  wrote:   
      
   > Paris (AFP) - It is a utopian idea, literally, but is enjoying a   
   > renaissance as politicians and policy wonks grapple with   
   > technology-driven changes that could redefine our very understanding   
   > of work.   
   >   
   > If robots and machine intelligence threaten to render many   
   > white-collar jobs obsolete, then what will people do for money?   
   >   
   > Enter the concept of a "universal basic income", a flat sum paid to   
   > all regardless of your existing wealth or ability to work. It is one   
   > of the rare ideas that has support from both the libertarian right --   
   > which favours tearing up the welfare state -- and the left wing.   
   >   
      
   It's not rocket science: basically, all revenue belongs to the state,   
   which will then distribute it according to its own priorities, to   
   people who don't annoy it.   
      
   And of course, no money will actually be distributed, as cash will be   
   illegal, or more accurately, reserved to the ruling class. The state   
   will credits peoples' accounts. And zero them if it finds reason to do   
   so...   
      
   What could possibly go wrong?   
      
   --   
   Joe   
      
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