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If a person were getting 10x the amount a person gets on unemployment + food stamps, you might be able to call that basic income. Please show us all how a pers

• ethana 13y ago
  this guy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568109/Unemployed-beach-bum-uses-food-stamps-eat-lobster-drives-Escalade-says-help-make-millions.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568109/Unemployed-b...
  • brenschluss 13y ago
    anecdotes != data
    • ethana 13y ago
      The 47 millions food-stamp recipients disagree with you.
      • boomlinde 13y ago
        I am glad that someone is speaking up on their behalf, but I don't get your point. Have you spoken to each of these 47 million individuals? Are you one of them? Are you just letting your butt do the talking? We'll never know.
  • dhmholley 13y ago
    Aside from the fact that the Daily Mail is a tabloid which makes its money primarily from inflaming right-wing sensibilities while misreporting or fabricating stories, this seems like a particularly ludicrous assertion considering that it would imply a far higher rate of welfare fraud than actually happens. Could you tell us how much money it's possible to claim from the system, and how much a realistic minimal standard of living might actually be? If you do your research honestly, you might find it illuminating.