• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    A UBI for 340 Million Americans from 200Bn USD comes out to about…

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    $588.23 each for exactly once. Saving 0 children across the world from starvation, malaria, or dehydration. You could also try distributing that money directly to poor regions but thats such a terrible idea that its on the same tier as immediately releasing Afghanistans funds to the Taliban.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      Nobody is suggesting that we limit it to the USA. That would be about a week’s pay for the average person, saving lives right now, not maybe in 20 years.