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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Disclaimer: I am not an expert on any of this

    That amount you pay is essentially the net present value of the principal at some low interest rate - basically you’re getting $10k of your purchase price back each year, plus $2k interest (so about 2%). The amount is also fixed, so the purchasing power will reduce over time

    Most western economies probably have higher interest rates than that right now, so their governments could get better UBI outcomes (financially) by paying themselves than relying on an annuity market

    UBI shouldn’t have to rely on financial trickery - even conceptually. There’s more than enough to go around, governments should redistribute wealth in a way that achieves social welfare goals using the powers they already have e.g. taxation




  • I can easily get phone numbers to register a messenger account or similar, but not so interested in an ongoing cost like a dumb phone

    None of the families are really home server types, so I would have to maintain any server client solution for them which is less than ideal

    Is discord better than messenger, whether it’s ease of use, quality, privacy etc.?