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Guys, what do you think about universal basic income?
by unitboolean 9y ago
Guys, what do you think about universal basic income?
- peoplewindow 9y agoThere's no point trying to explicitly introduce it now. I watch these experiments with befuddlement - it's like watching a small baby try to run before it can walk. UBI will arrive slowly, incrementally and by the time it or an equivalent is finally here nobody will celebrate because it won't seem like a big deal. It'll just be the result of welfare and other services getting better and better over time, with more and more lightweight "bullshit" jobs that require essentially no exertion or risk and lower and lower hours until one day people find that the benefits system is so generous that having a job has become a lifestyle choice. But we have a long way to go to get there. It won't happen in our lifetimes. Almost all increases in wealth at the moment seem to be absorbed by healthcare and social care costs. UBI makes no sense whilst people are being bankrupted by health costs. Priorities people!