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dispose13432
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Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed c...
>Only some will be given free money,
I thought the idea is that everyone from Bill Gates to the beggar will be given it?
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And most will have their taxes adjusted so that it makes no difference to the governments bottom line.
dispose13432
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I'm saying that taxes will go through the nose (close to 25%) for everyone with quite questionable benefits (will barely pay for rent).
Nition
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For UBI yes. But for this Finnish experiment, only a group of unemployed people are getting it.
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I thought the idea is that everyone from Bill Gates to the beggar will be given it?