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aninhumer on Dec 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people ...

>there is nothing stopping a group of people right now from ... giving basic income to all members

Nothing except the humongous coordination problem involved in doing so. These are exactly the kind of problems that government exists to solve.

reddytowns on Dec 17, 2016 [–]

What coordination problems? Just form a kickstarter. Get all applicants who want to sign up and support each other to sign a 5 year contract, done.

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