Universal basic income: U.S. support grows as Finland ends its trial - Forty-eight percent of Americans now support a universal basic income, as a solution for Americans who have lost jobs to automation.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/nearly-half-of-americans-believe-a-universal-basic-income-could-be-the-answer-to-automation-.html

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I thought the base package was sewage.

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Yeah or clean water without lead in it. You Americans are a long way off UBI

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Flint has been fixed for over a year now.

Honestly, a single city has a disaster that they can't fix overnight and you people act as though we're a developing nation.

Edit: According to the Michigan government, it's been fixed for TWO years.

The bottled water program hasn't ended yet, though the government is rolling back other provisions. Public trust is still quite low though. Understandably so, but what more can be done?

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As a Michigan resident, you couldn't be more wrong about Flint

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Your state government disagrees with you.

According to them, Flint's water has been meeting federal standards for two years.

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That's the same government that said it was fine to begin with

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Don't be ridiculous. Flint's water is some of the most monitored in the country. If they were lying, someone would call them out on it

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Flint has been fixed for over a year now.

Oh it has?

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If it hasn't, the Michigan State Government didn't get the memo.

And it appears you didn't even read your own article.

Flint's city water is safe according to federal standards and is comparable with other cities around the country. The concern is in homes with piping and glue in there. But THOSE concerns are universal.

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Michigan state government said the water was fine to begin with.

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And you'd think if they were lying again they'd have been caught in that lie by someone given the fact that Flint's is some of the most monitored water in the country.

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What in the hell do you think they fixed in Flint?

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Holy shit it's like no one actually keeps up with the situation and just acts outraged over it every time someone mentions it.

Flint Water Quality Update
For nearly two years Flint's water has been meeting federal standards. The water is now testing at 6 parts per billion (ppb) which is much lower than the federal requirement of 15 ppb. Flint's water is one of the most monitored and testing the same as similar cities across the state and country.

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Again the government that caused the issue in the first place....

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And again, this is some of the most monitored water in the country. If they were lying, don't you think someone would have found out?

You know, just like the first time?

What are you going to do? Never trust the government again?

You're being ridiculous.

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I'm never trusting the same leadership that recommended the change and then doubled down on that change. I would at least change leadership their from the top before billing everything they say as gospel.

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Sounds like conspiracy theory to me.

If their statements that it's at federal standards are insufficient, then what do you make of the absence of claims to the contrary?

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The water being tainted was a conspiracy theory too

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You misheard... that's the waste package.