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But then people would have no incentive to work anymore so people would abuse the system. This is why the government has to give the money to corporations, they
by ideals 6y ago
But then people would have no incentive to work anymore so people would abuse the system. This is why the government has to give the money to corporations, they will spend that money wisely to keep good jobs around and not abuse this money. There's way too much accountability in corporations for it to ever get abused unlike regular people collecting Ubi forever.
- MegaButts 6y agoIs this satire? You can't honestly believe there's meaningful accountability amongst US corporations. And if you do, well why do you think that?
- doopy-loopy2 6y agoI'm just a single data point, but I'm a "high income" earner who would immediately quit there job if UBI was ever offered.
- fifnir 6y agoThat will just incentivize companies to pay better salaries. Let the market decide what job positions are worth existing
- nend 6y agoI feel like that depends on the UBI amount. Unless you're currently living well below your means, it's likely you couldn't support your current life style on just a UBI. I'm an advocate for a UBI, and I'd use it to shift from working 5 days/week to 4 or 3 days/week. A move that many argue wouldn't effect the economy's output much at all, considering other countries economies do fine with less average working hours. Additionally, a UBI would let more people participate in the economy and increase purchasing power of the less wealthy, which would help the economy.
- anonAndOn 6y agoYou'd be willing to trade your high income for basic (poverty) level income just so you didn't have to work?
- lm28469 6y agoI'd do it on the spot. My monthly spendings are already less than the min wage in my country. If everything else stays equal I'd gladly give up work for 75% of the min wage.
- doopy-loopy2 6y agoI own pretty much everything I need/want (paid off house, car, etc). So now I usually just work to pay bills and spending money, stashing away for a rainy day, etc. Most of it goes to taxes. Given UBI, I probably wouldn't even need to bother.
- headsupernova 6y agogood. maybe we can get back to doing work that brings meaning to people's lives.
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- evmar 6y ago(This comment is a nearly flawless example of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law , well done!)
- AbrahamParangi 6y agoEndless bailouts mean we already have UBI for corporations, why not actual Americans? (to paraphrase)
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