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buybuydandavis comments on The progressive case for replacing the welfare state with basic income - Less Wrong Discussion

-5 Post author: morganism 11 September 2016 10:41PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 12 September 2016 02:55:40AM 1 point [-]

I was surprised at how popular Basic Income was in the recent survey.

I suspect one reason for that is that while some see it as an alternative to current programs, others see it as an additional program, and I don't believe the question specified which.

Comment author: Val 13 September 2016 03:23:03PM 0 points [-]

Also, many people on this site seem to have come from a liberal / libertarian upbringing, where it is a very popular trend to believe in. The survey supports this, by presenting support for BI for each political group.