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UBI is not about "not working". It's about "here's some basic money so you don't have to worry every day about starving to death". Want to wear clean clothes ev
by yelloweyes 6y ago
UBI is not about "not working". It's about "here's some basic money so you don't have to worry every day about starving to death". Want to wear clean clothes everyday and drive a car? You're gonna have to work.
- brosirmandude 6y agoThis is the point right here. Every reaction to UBI discussions immediately assume UBI is trying to replace all income, which is very much not the idea. It's a floor for society.
- bob33212 6y agoWe currently have a floor (SNAP and food stamps, food banks, and soup kitchens, homeless shelters). UBI is about more than not starving.
- lifeformed 6y agoThose floors are still pretty low as they don't cover housing. UBI is like, a food, shelter, and health floor.
- bob33212 6y agoExactly, UBI gives the people an option not to work, but still survive