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		Schlagbohrer 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists Nearly every great work of literature in the English canon was written by someone who was "on the dole" at the time.

k__ 22 days ago [–]

Those programs make economic sense if the successful artists later pay for it with their taxes.

If they leave the country, then not so much.

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