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From: Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Unconventional SFF Road Trips
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On 04/04/2025 22:28, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> I'd love to see a Phillip Jose Farmer's 'Purple Wage', the earliest
> example of UBI I recall from fiction, but barring politicians
> suddenly becoming immune to being bought off by unlimited
> contributions from corporations or billionaires, it just ain't
> going to happen.

I dunno, the current U.S. lot are dumb enough to
issue "Inalienable Basic" stock to every citizen
by accident, maybe intended as a tax avoidance
trick.  Like, it's meant to be non-voting stock,
but it isn't.