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[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

A sign that you may learn something.

Jeff Bezos is rich but he cannot spend his wealth unless he is willing to give up control over Amazon. As long as he sticks to that power, his income is zero.

Similarly, if you have money in securities, no money flows.

So to finance UBI, the wages of the citizens are more important than the wealth of billionaires.

Thanks for the debate.

[–] darq@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A sign that you may learn something.

I would learn more from a lobotomy.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's not the burn you think it is.