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I mean half the benefit of unemployment benefits is the employment you generate via bureaucracy. It's something I find a lot of UBI proponents miss. Sure you
by tenpies 7y ago
I mean half the benefit of unemployment benefits is the employment you generate via bureaucracy.
It's something I find a lot of UBI proponents miss. Sure you "save money" by cutting bureaucracy, but that bureaucracy is employed people. The savings probably aren't as considerable when you have to lay off a ton of people in order to put them on UBI.
And sure, for the private sector, bureaucracy is generally something they try to quash (with varying effectiveness), but in the public sector it's almost a desired outcome because it means more jobs, more metrics, more budget.
- AbrahamParangi 7y agoSure, but better (less wasteful) to just give people money than employ them in busywork.
- tasogare 7y agoNo, because giving people a job means giving them a structured and social life, as well as a place in society and the feeling they contribute to it. This is very different from just giving people unemployment money, that then fuels a particular lifestyle that is hard to get out of (I have few friends that get trapped into this at some point).
- clairity 7y agoalmost nothing is truly only busywork (besides, that’s belittling), so it’s better to employ people than give away money. employment has many beneficial side effects, like esteem, that free money doesn’t have.
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