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> I'm pro basic income, but definitely don't support paying more to be unproductive than productive. I never understand this perspective. Supporting UBI is a s
by zwkrt 6y ago
> I'm pro basic income, but definitely don't support paying more to be unproductive than productive.
I never understand this perspective. Supporting UBI is a statement that all people deserve a bare-minimum existence, even if they don't or can't work. I would expect that UBI would create a less productive workforce in the same way that 40 hour work weeks and environmental protections make a less productive workforce.
If you think the only path to righteousness is through a lifetime of toil, then it /might/ make sense to judge poor people's merit as a function of their 'productivity' (i.e., ability to make someone else money), but that is a pretty old-school stance in my opinion.
- mennis16 6y agoI think you're misreading the comment? He isn't judging poor people. He is criticizing a system where you only get UBI if you don't work (i.e. not UBI). Such a system means that lower skilled workers actually gain nothing from working. That is a shitty situation to be in. Most people want to feel like they are contributing. And they absolutely do contribute through their roles, even if they are also "making someone else money". They should be rewarded on top of the "bare-minimum existence" for doing so. I don't see at all how you can jump from "I don't support people getting paid more to not work than to work" to "the only path to righteousness is through a lifetime of toil".