re: Replacing Social Welfare Programs with a Min Income Payment

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that's an insanely difficult standard for actual living human beings and actual societies

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sure looks that way doesn't it? it's because post-scarcity is far away

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we produce more than enough...way more than enough. hell the world's population keeps doubling and people keep living longer...and fewer people are starving to death than ever

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is scarcity a problem, or is there enough to satisfy everyone's desires at a price everyone can afford? or are you using some different definition of scarcity?

eta here's the definition i work off of: LINK

it's the economic definition, as that's the context of the thread.

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The basic economic problem that arises because people have unlimited wants but resources are limited. Because of scarcity, various economic decisions must be made to allocate resources efficiently.

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