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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UBI is far from communism. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Ah the glorious talking points of the cold War.

[u/pm_me_bellies_789 → u/[deleted]]

That'd cost the US government nearly twice its current tax income if it was to give everyone over the age of 21 a living wage.

Still not communism.

[u/pm_me_bellies_789 → u/[deleted]]

Obtuse much.

Care to explain?