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'indeed, one of the lessons of a UBI is that our policy outcomes are not inevitabilities but choices. the united states would be significantly richer right now if it had passed more fiscal stimulus at the onset of the great recession. it would be richer if it invested in infrastrutcture. it would be richer if it chose to ensure that no child grew up in poverty. it would be richer if it had worked to make black and white americans. as well as men and women, true equals. europe would be significantly richer if germany had not inssited on austerity for the debt-laden periphery economies. brazil would be in better shape if it rooted out corruption in government contracts. japan would be larger if it allowed in more immigrants and figured out how to assimilate them. north korea would be richer if it adopted the policies of its neighbor to the south, as i saw.
here, poverty in the united states is a choice. stagnant middle-class incomes are a choice. technology-fueled mass unemployment is a choice. racism is a choice. the patriarchy is a choice. this is not to discount how deeply entrenched existing policies, interests, and tendencies are - but to recognize that while they might be entrenched, they are not immutable.' - annie lowery
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