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Folconyesterday at 4:31 PM1 replyview on HN

Out of curiosity, what is your expected baseline of what the average person and family in the US should be able to afford?


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gruezyesterday at 4:42 PM

"should" is a pretty woolly concept. "should" we have to work at all? UBI proponents don't think so, and that apparently that has 45% support. What's hopefully obvious is that not being able to afford a 2 bedroom apartment at median wage is a far cry from "abject poverty".

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/08/19/more-amer...

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