• Harvey656@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As an fella from that country right beneath Canada, I hope something like this works, would love to watch our neighbors in the north do something awesome while we fail to do it for decades and decades.

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      If Universal Basic Income becomes commonplace the United States will probably be the last country on earth to adapt.

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          1 year ago

          Even as a joke, countries ruined by colonial interference shouldn’t be counted.

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              Fair point, my choice of wording wasn’t precise. But comparing indigenous peoples would be even more complicated.

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            I mean if we’re lightly joking about countries, there isn’t a single one where you can’t dig into it’s history and find some day-ruining atrocity.

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                  I only asked you to think twice about punching down, dude. Go ahead and block me if you think that’s “trolling.”

                  If I see someone saying harmful things (whether they realize it or not) about misunderstood people that don’t deserve to be made fun of, I’m going to comment (unless it’s obvious bait).

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      Your neighbors in the north have something like that already. Alaska redistributes income from oil companies to their people. IIRC it’s only ~150$ per month, but that’s pretty good nonetheless!

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        $150 a month would cover several bills for us. Does each individual get it or is it per household? Because if it’s per individual (presuming adults only), that’s $300, which would cover some debt too. So yeah, pretty good!

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          I believe it is every member. They also get a large yearly chunk depending on pricing what not at the end of the year. It works allot like how Indian casino pays work across the tribe.

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          Doing things per household is just weird. Like, what even counts as a household? And why should people who live together receive less than if they lived apart?

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          Downside is it’s expensive to live there. But they also have no state income tax.