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>since companies will have to pay significantly more than UBI. They would only have to do that if people had to choose between taking the job and getting UBI.
by jpindar 6y ago
>since companies will have to pay significantly more than UBI.
They would only have to do that if people had to choose between taking the job and getting UBI.
- kerkeslager 6y agoEhh, not exactly. My personal situation is an example: if UBI were implemented I would quit working immediately to pursue a graduate degree. Granted, that graduate degree would lead me back into the workforce eventually, but at least in the short run, it would take significant incentives to keep me in the workforce if pursuing education instead were an option. I also know someone who works for $20/hour, and pays $12/hour for childcare. $8/hour isn't worth anyone's time in 2020, but they do it because government assistance doesn't pay their bills. If they were receiving a livable UBI, I have no doubt that they would choose to raise their children full time rather than work for an absurdly low wage.
- burrows 6y ago> If they were receiving a livable UBI, I have no doubt that they would choose to raise their children full time rather than work for an absurdly low wage. Having a child isn’t some externality requiring government intervention. Your friend is an adult who choose to allocate their time into child-rearing rather than wage-increasing activities.