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    Zuckerberg: Universal Basic Wage

    Universal Basic Income: Mark Zuckerberg wants to give you free money for being alive


    Mark Zuckerberg has suggested paying people a basic income regardless of skills or experience under the universal basic income system.

    The Facebook co-founder called for consideration of the economic theory during a speech made at his former university, Harvard.

    “Every generation expands its definition of equality. Now it’s time for our generation to define a new social contract,” Zuckerberg said. “We should have a society that measures progress not by economic metrics like GDP but by how many of us have a role we find meaningful. We should explore ideas like universal basic income to make sure everyone has a cushion to try new ideas.”...........

    https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/...e-money-alive/

    #2
    ok let him give up all his money and take the minimum. see how long that lasts

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      #3
      Not his money of course.

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        #4
        everyone get's a unicorn too!

        Zucker****** is a yawn.

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          #5
          He can mail me a check every month.

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            #6
            Man you can tell he's fallen in to that little bubble over there..

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              #7
              I remember when Russia did that, except the called it Communism, and it failed and killed 20 MILLION people through starvation, lack of adequate living conditions and slaughtered by their own gov't.

              But hey History has never repeated itself, so let's give it a shot there Mark.

              You start by divying up your wealth and giving equal portions to every citizen. And you can never again live off of anymore than the basic universal wage..... how's that sound?

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                #8
                No you got it wrong. He wants all of us that work for a living to give our money to those that don't.

                Spoiler alert, LBJ beat him on enacting this plan by several decades.

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                  #9
                  Elon Musk is the champion of this right now, Zuck is just jumping on the bandwagon.

                  Read some of what Musk has written about it, not saying I'm in favor in our current economic system. His take though is that as technology advances, there could be a day where there is very little need for jobs.

                  He doesn't advocate that people couldn't make more, but that the potential for humans not working could be there. You could still own a factory with no employees and deliver a product.

                  Its a complex idea.

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                    #10
                    So now we should pay even more out of our pocket to let lazy *** people get even lazier?! Also, inflation much? This guy has already made billions off of an idea that has made America (and the rest of the world) considerably less productive because everyone's worried about what someone else is eating for lunch than getting their job done...as I sit at work on TBH typing this out instead of working...

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                      #11
                      You lost me at Mark Zuckerberg

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                        #12
                        I haven't paid too much attention to anything hes done since he shot that kid in self defense...


                        what?
                        not him?


                        the faces book guy?

                        didn't he steal the idea for that?

                        I tend to not listen to uberrich thieves that want to tell me how much better the world would be if I gave away my money to someone that did nothing for it...

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                          #13
                          I read an article that suggested, for example, $10k/yr per citizen over 21 as a basic income to do with as they please. So the US has what, 322+ million people? Let's say 1/4 of those are under 21. That is still roughly 240 million checks. How could we afford to give out all those $10k checks a year as a basic income? Where do they think money that would come from? Yeah, taxes. Like we need more taxes.

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                            #14
                            I guess money doesn't buy common sense

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                              #15
                              He's runnin for Pres already!

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