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With money comes mobility, so people are free to move somewhere cheaper. Currently, those in the poverty cycle are trapped and chronically stressed, making it q

With money comes mobility, so people are free to move somewhere cheaper. Currently, those in the poverty cycle are trapped and chronically stressed, making it quite difficult to execute a plan that involves anything more than what's right in front them—moving out of city or out of state is out of the question. One of the biggest problems facing humanity is sustainability towards the planet. Unbounded population growth eventually breaks everything we all need to survive. If we incentivize having children more than it already is, some people will spawn just to get at that extra money for themselves and do the bare minimum to "raise" their children. And the kind of person that does that does not raise stable, healthy children who will come into their own as productive, healthy members of society...

macintux 8y ago
> With money comes mobility, so people are free to move somewhere cheaper. I'm skeptical that most people who are currently trapped in poverty would receive enough UBI to make that practical. Money doesn't stretch as far in a strange place with no network to fall back on, even if nominally the cost of living is lower.
rcxdude 8y ago
> With money comes mobility, so people are free to move somewhere cheaper I think generally people are not very willing to move regardless of cost. It takes (on average) quite a large economic gradient to move people out of a location they are comfortable in. Social ties to a location can be very strong indeed.