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Negative. Those with money will fight like hell to keep from giving it up. However if by some chance/miracle a guaranteed income is ever instituted, it will bec
by Overtonwindow 11y ago
Negative. Those with money will fight like hell to keep from giving it up. However if by some chance/miracle a guaranteed income is ever instituted, it will become a political football, as politicians and advocacy groups seek to continuously push it higher and higher. Instead of a money handout, I would rather support money in exchange for public works and service. I don't believe handouts without some kind of exchange will ever really work.
- dsr_ 11y agoThe primary problem with a guaranteed employment program is the proliferation of edge cases: - I want a job, but I have no transportation - I want a job, but I have no skills - I want the money from a job, and I'm willing to show up to a job, but I never actually do the work. If you fire me, I will go get another guaranteed job. - I show up to the job and do the work, but my manager hates me and fires me. I guess I will go get another guaranteed job. - I show up to the job and do the work, but all the managers in this town have an unspoken agreement that they will report people of my (skin color, gender, orientation, whatever) as not doing the work, so I have been fired multiple times. - Bureaucracy managing the guaranteed jobs program replaces the bureaucracy managing the programs eliminated by Basic Income. I'm in favor of more spending on maintenance and public works, but I don't think a guaranteed jobs program will work as well as basic income.
- Overtonwindow 11y agoGood point.