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> Contingent benefits disincentivize people from participating in the economy. People paid to do nothing... do nothing. That's, at best, highly debatable. I wo
by williamdclt 6y ago
> Contingent benefits disincentivize people from participating in the economy. People paid to do nothing... do nothing.
That's, at best, highly debatable. I would like data showing that (or the opposite)
> Under any economic regime there will be a poorest 20% at any given time.
That's not what "20% of the population living under the poverty line" means. It means that 20% of people don't earn enough to live decently, which is highly dependent on the economic regime
- burrows 6y agoWho decides what it means to "live decently"? Maybe I believe that I can't live decently without a yacht and manservant.