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Implementing universal basic income could cut poverty rates up to 40%: PBO (www.thestar.com)
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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Conservatives believe it will cost them their cultural purity. Purity is a huge issue for the conservative mind. Progressives and conservatives are both concerned with fairness, but the conservative version of fairness is more like making sure the right people get punished. Poor people need to suffer for the crime of being poor.