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It is inevitable that the threat of withholding 'basic income' will be used to modify behavior. Didn't pay a fine? Didn't do your taxes? Post "radical" comments on the internet? On the no-fly list? On the no-drive list? Don't have a gov-issued InternetIDâ„¢? No soup for you. How long until China couples it with it's human scoring system?



So are you saying that basic income requirements will be very different than welfare is today?




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