"Whenever we talk about anything involving a basic income -- whether today's concepts of minimum-wage jobs and welfare, or tomorrow's concepts of the gig economy and guaranteed minimum income -- we're also talking about what people REALLY NEED to just be living decently in the world. Turns out that the things that make old people crazy on Fox News -- welfare recipients have cable TV and buy fancy clothes [and Obama-phones (TFB)]! -- are far cheaper than they used to be, and therefore are rational decisions for the poor. The problem is that the truly important investments of life -- health, education, nutrition -- have become more expensive."
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