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That's not an example of BI encouraging someone to work. If they didn't have the $1000 BI, they would be at least just as incentivized to work.
by baddox 11y ago
That's not an example of BI encouraging someone to work. If they didn't have the $1000 BI, they would be at least just as incentivized to work.
- Armisael16 11y agoThat statement is always made in comparison to traditional unemployment or welfare services, which give you fewer benefits once you start making more money.
- Mikeb85 11y agoAs welfare and min wage stand today, often working does not increase your standard of living or even basic ability to live.
- jschwartzi 11y agoWhat would they work at? Just because we can all find jobs for ourselves, it doesn't mean that everyone in the world will be the same. Incentivizing someone to do something that is impossible is cruel.