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Here's an easy way to give people the money described in the Robotic Freedom article: Give everyone a debit card that accesses the Central Account.

Oregon offers unemployment benefits via prepaid card

From the article:

Jobless Oregonians can now obtain their money with a first-in-the-nation debit card for unemployment benefits launched this month by the state and U.S. Bank.

According to a report in the Oregonian, the state pays $16 million a week to 80,000 unemployed citizens. Eleven percent have their benefits deposited directly into bank accounts; the rest get their benefits mailed in the form of paper checks.

The debit card, rolled out last week after a successful pilot program last year, provides a third payment option.

One thing to note: If 80,000 people are receiving $16 million per week, that's $200 per week per person. That's slightly less than minimum wage. And that's the average -- many people would be receiving less than that.

Unless you want to become homeless, you do not want to become unemployed in today's economy. Unfortunately, robots put large numbers of people in jeoprody of becoming unemployed. That is exactly the problem that Robotic Freedom is trying to solve.