I could see this being true. I have concerns of course, but it might make sense. Maybe instead of making $100k, people would rather make $50k and work much less

I could see this being true. I have concerns of course, but it might make sense. Maybe instead of making $100k, people would rather make $50k and work much less. That would happen naturally, with article like this, discussions, and companies and people experimenting with new things. What scares me is when it goes from that to "the government should mandate / provide this". I would see no reason that would not lead to a bad outcome similiar to other socialist countries. And remember, when people say that we decrease our societies working hours by 1/2, 2/3, etc they are saying that we should halve the number of doctors, teachers, pilots, farmers, etc. This guy may think accountants, consultants, etc are fake make-work jobs, but I've never seen a company knowingly being someone on when they know that person won't add value to the company (and therefore the society as well).