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Universal Basic Income and Poverty
Qwerteaparty7mo*10

I often use a similar framing to make a point about the relative quality of life of high and low income earners in my city for instance: my household income is in top 5% (maybe 1%) but my life is not significantly different to most. We live in a normal house, commute to work on the train and work normal 9-5 jobs, cook dinner, put kids to bed, wash the dishes, maybe watch some TV. Sure we holiday overseas instead of going caravaning, and live in a nicer (judged by land values) area; but these sorts of things aren't really that important to happiness.

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