• Wogi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think basic needs should be met, and if you want something better than that you’d need to pay for it.

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        9 months ago

        Anything that is outside of basic needs? I thought that was fairly obvious. You need a certain number of calories each day, and those should come with decent nutrients. Outside of that there’s literally no reason to say because we can’t even get that right yet.

        Fix the actual problems, don’t just slap a stupid band-aid over the problem and pat yourself on the back.

        Buddy you’re waisting a lot of energy debating someone who already mostly agrees with you.

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          9 months ago

          So your UBI-free solution is actually worse than the food stamps program?

          I don’t know that you do agree with me if you think rich people deserve better food than poor people.

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              9 months ago

              Obtuse?

              I asked you what sort of foods they should have. You said only their basic needs should be met in terms of food.

              Me:

              Ok, which foods should people with no money not be allowed to have?

              You:

              Anything that is outside of basic needs?

              Again, the current food stamps program allows impoverished people to buy any food they want to buy as long as they have enough in their EBT account.

              Your solution would make a two-tiered system where some people can only get very basic survival food and others can get any food they want. That is worse than now.

              So in what way am I being obtuse? You are saying rich people deserve better food than poor people.