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ElProlactintoday at 6:36 AM1 replyview on HN

Quick AI research: the number of people receiving minimum income benefits in European countries represents under 5% of the population. So I don't think that tells you what happens to society when this becomes a primary source of income for a significant minority if not the majority of people.


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317070today at 6:42 AM

If you adjust for all ways people receive minimum income benefits, not just the 'final resort' one, you get

> In Belgium, roughly 4.35 million adults (aged 18 and older) are not working out of an adult population of about 9.5 million, around 45%.

Of those, roughly 3.95 million or 40% receive government income above the leefloon.

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