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		jotm on Oct 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rather than savage cuts, Switzerland considers “St... But they wouldn't actually be participating, they'd just be a middle man that takes a small cut to support their own life without providing anything useful in return (aka a parasite)... The good part is that it looks like most people wouldn't just do nothing all day long, they would contribute in one way or another...

knieveltech on Oct 13, 2013 [–]

They would be providing consumer spending. You claim this isn't useful to the economy?

jotm on Oct 14, 2013 | [–]

With money that were pretty much gifted to them by other people - those people could cut the middle man and just spend it themselves...

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