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    1. Jim Rossignol‏Verified account @jimrossignol 3 Jan 2017
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      The #basicincome debate has an extraordinary number of people imagining that it'd come from income tax rather than eg capital income.

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    2. Jim Rossignol‏Verified account @jimrossignol 3 Jan 2017
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      The "well I am not paying for it" argument is completely hollow, because you wouldn't be, restructuring things would.

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    3. Jim Rossignol‏Verified account @jimrossignol 3 Jan 2017
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      Also I find the idea that it would cause a mass of people to opt out of employment to be baffling. Most people want more. They'll work.

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    4. Jim Rossignol‏Verified account @jimrossignol 3 Jan 2017
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      *If* they can work. When automation and changing markets means there are no jobs, but still loads of money, then the solution is clear.

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    5. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 3 Jan 2017
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      you just gave me an idea for a legitimate way to basic income for a nation state:

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    6. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 3 Jan 2017
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      1) tax use of robots (as they displace workers and destroy jobs) 2) fill coffers of the state with tax money

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    7. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 3 Jan 2017
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      3) with that money, restructure social services to provide what is effectively basic income.

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    8. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 3 Jan 2017
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      automated labor tax could also be instituted for imported goods, so no use outsourcing either.

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    9. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 3 Jan 2017
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      also, to make this even more amazing: 4) time-limited subsidization of companies that transition to robots

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    10. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 3 Jan 2017
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      and 5) state-level funding of robot development

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 3 Jan 2017
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      This is smart. One low-friction basic income program could replace a wide range of high-friction social programs.

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        2. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 4 Jan 2017
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          not my idea though. the german proposal for basic income made this point.

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        3. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 4 Jan 2017
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          but yes, it's a good idea.

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