[ExI] left vs right RE: Universal basic capital was Re: Universal basic income

[John Clark]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:13 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:


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> Really, without human work
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> being involved I'm not sure that the term capitalism still applies.
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​Agreed.​



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> And if there are only BIG wages left to tax, that gives governments
> the problem of finding the money to provide BIG in the first place.
>

What exactly is this thing you call "money" and why do I need
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it
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? It's food shelter health care and various assorted gadgets that
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I need and want,
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 if the machines can crank those things out and if they are willing to give
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me
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some of
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it then it is matter of no consequence if
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I have any "money" or if
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governments are able to give me any.

John K Clark
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