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My brother would work a job for two weeks, get a check, then quit. He'd spend the money on stupid, useless stuff. Then, he'd sleep on someone's couch until they
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
My brother would work a job for two weeks, get a check, then quit. He'd spend the money on stupid, useless stuff. Then, he'd sleep on someone's couch until they had enough of him eating their food and kick him out. He'd "bum" 2 dollars for a gallon of gas to get to the next couch.
I'm not making this up. This was his existence for most of his life. He would see his weekly/monthly/whatever BI check as a lottery.
There are many people like him. They would not, in any way, spend the money appropriately. I firmly believe that anyone pushing for BI has never met anyone like my brother.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoAs a straw man, that seems reasonable. If he got a BI, what would happen? He'd be bothering friends less, so a net societal benefit?
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoI don't think you read my post. He'd spend it on useless crap and still need a couch to sleep on.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoI read it; I'm not so cynical. When kids get erratic money, they spend it instantly. When they get regular money, they can learn to save/invest/spend on regular expenses.
- aidenn0 10y agoIt's possible that with BI, couch providers could demand money for the couch and your brother couldn't claim he didn't have it.