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by williamdclt 2223 days ago
> Contingent benefits disincentivize people from participating in the economy. People paid to do nothing... do nothing.

That's, at best, highly debatable. I would like data showing that (or the opposite)

> Under any economic regime there will be a poorest 20% at any given time.

That's not what "20% of the population living under the poverty line" means. It means that 20% of people don't earn enough to live decently, which is highly dependent on the economic regime

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Who decides what it means to "live decently"? Maybe I believe that I can't live decently without a yacht and manservant.