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Right, so the new check recipients will be people that were otherwise capable of sustaining themselves, as those who aren't are already accommodated. I suspect
by topspin 11y ago
Right, so the new check recipients will be people that were otherwise capable of sustaining themselves, as those who aren't are already accommodated. I suspect that the 'human capital' liberated by basic income will mostly find its way to level 400 World of Warcraft Death Knights and 40 000 word critiques of Breaking Bad episodes.
Should the legions of working folk try to actually use their new liberty for anything with more impact we'll ban it.
- mikeash 11y agoThe idea is that "sustaining themselves" isn't necessarily all that great, and there may be a lot of people out there working minimum-wage jobs barely scraping by who might be able to do something more if they were able to move beyond that. How many people out there have a way to improve their lives and move forward, but which requires more free time than their minimum-wage job allows? I suspect it's a lot.
- namlem 11y agoThe new check recipients who will benefit most include people who currently work, possibly at multiple jobs, but still barely earn enough to get by.