• Pennomi
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    14 hours ago

    They didn’t suggest giving everyone a million dollars, they suggested using the seized money to pay people to do work on giant social issues.

    It could feed everybody - by paying farmers the normal rate for their food.

    It could halt climate change - by paying people the normal rate to install renewable energy.

    The number of jobs would increase, and society’s problems would be solved, all without causing hyperinflation via huge handouts.

    • @[email protected]
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      BUT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T DIE FOR CAPITALISM, WHAT’S LEFT TO KEEP THE REST OF US IN LINE AND IN FEAR???

    • @TrickDacy
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      5 hours ago

      Do we actually understand the full impact of such a move? I’d like to hear an economists’ take on this.

      edit: downvotes for curiosity. Kinda sad.

      • Pennomi
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        Maybe the closest thing like this would be the New Deal program after the Great Depression.