Universal High Income programs need to be figured out in next 2-3 years.

Universal High Income programs need to be figured out in next 2-3 years. | ultimately we're going to the universal high income when the companies or the government is taking the increased productivity, the increased revenue, the increased profits and redeploying them. Um, but those programs need to be figured out in the next two or three years.

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ultimately we're going to the universal high income when the companies or the government is taking the increased productivity, the increased revenue, the increased profits and redeploying them. Um, but those programs need to be figured out in the next two or three years.

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