On: My own private basic income

[hk__2]

Which it doesn’t.

[weberc2 → hk__2]

It does in many very poor nations. What's the significance of the $1 figure anyway? Whose point hinges on this number?

[hk__2 → weberc2]

> What's the significance of the $1 figure anyway?

This article gives a bit of background about that figure: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17312819

[vilmosi → hk__2]

It doesn't IF it doesn't provide for said things. That's the point.

[hk__2 → vilmosi]

I got the parent’s point; you missed mine ;)

I was talking about the second part of the comment: $1 doesn’t provide you shelter/food/etc.