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Making it 'earned' is missing a major point of basic income: that just giving the money away can ultimately be much cheaper and more efficient than verifying if
by zyxley 11y ago
Making it 'earned' is missing a major point of basic income: that just giving the money away can ultimately be much cheaper and more efficient than verifying if people 'deserve' it.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThe reason to 'deserve it' is twofold. First, to avoid folks stagnating - a public health issue. 2nd, to have some way of knowing the person actually exists! E.g. automate it with an app, that verifies simply that you spend time at places associated with socializing. Not much is cheaper than that.
- Roboprog 11y agoI guess I'm still just enough of a jerk that I would like to see the recipient's contribute positively to society, such as the examples mentioned above (child / elder care, park ranger, etc). There is plenty to be done - why don't we set people on that (roads, utilities, parks, forests, care, fire, police,... ), then see where we stand?