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Still better than going from $5k/month to $0k/month. No solution are one size fit all solution to every problem. What is your point?
by matz1 7y ago
Still better than going from $5k/month to $0k/month.
No solution are one size fit all solution to every problem. What is your point?
- Someone1234 7y agoThat with UBI we'd still be in exactly the same position as now? Your point was that UBI would somehow play a relevant role in low consumer confidence. I am pointing out that may not be the case.
- matz1 7y agoHow is exactly the same? $1k>$0k. With basic income, I for example for sure will be less anxious if i know that if I lose my job now, I still have some income.
- dragontamer 7y agoUS Workers have unemployment checks, food stamps, and Medicaid. No one is hitting $0 / month unless you're out of a job for over 6-months (when some unemployment benefits run out). If a lot of people are unemployed for over 6 months unemployment benefits can often be extended by the legislature.
- matz1 7y agoBasic income doesn't replace health care. unemployment checks, food stamps require waiting time, hoops, paperwork. Even then there is still some chance to be denied. There is no 6-month limitation on basic income.
- war1025 7y agoYou don't go to 0k/month. For as much as people like to hate on the American safety net, it does exist.
- ModernMech 7y agoIt really is a net though; there are a lot of holes in it that are easier to fall through than you think. I've been caught by the net once, but in another situation I've fallen through it, and it's really hard to get back up from that.
- matz1 7y agoThe safety net that exist right now require waiting time, a lot of hoop and paperwork to get approved.