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In my opinion, UBI should be earned not freely given away. Perhaps it is earned through education coupled with community service. This ensures that those who ar
by jotjotzzz 9y ago
In my opinion, UBI should be earned not freely given away. Perhaps it is earned through education coupled with community service. This ensures that those who are rewarded UBI know that they are expected to produce something of value (to give back) to society and their communities. In return, we are given valuable education (it could include entrepreneurship, computer science/programming, cooking, personal finance, communication -- stuff that should be taught in schools!). In the end, UBI serves as a reward for completing this rites of passage to become part of society through education to better ourselves for our communities.
If given freely -- based on our current society where the poor gets the lowest amount of education -- it will help in some cases, in most it will not. It is very hard to wean yourself of a mindset without education.
- daemonk 9y agoIsn't that just really standard employment? Or maybe similar to an academic tenure position? I think UBI is meant to be "universal", with no prerequisites.
- jotjotzzz 9y agoSomething freely given becomes less valuable versus something given through being earned. It is really not a standard employment, because you have no employer except perhaps your community or city who pays you the UBI. But being paid means you give something first. What you give is contributing to society, your tribe. This is similar to the notion of tribes. If you want to be part of the tribe, you better contribute, by hunting for food or making something for the tribe.
- mattnewton 9y agoOne of the key efficiencies that UBI is supposed to bring over welfare is in cutting out the bureaucracy of determining who is worthy.