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I agree that there are people who will not transcend to become ultra productive members of society. However, I see everything you said as an argument in favor o
by dealforager 6y ago
I agree that there are people who will not transcend to become ultra productive members of society. However, I see everything you said as an argument in favor of UBI, not against. No one would have to fake disabilities, throw money away at a BMW, or have kids they don't want. Also many times the impact of a stable source of income isn't realized until much later when people realize that they are free to do other things than worry about money all day. I don't see what's wrong with making people less miserable, I don't care if they spend the money on alcohol or whatever thing society deems immoral. Life is hard and it's getting harder, this is just a cushion.
- kypro 6y agoI'm actually very pro-UBI for this reason. My only concern is that the moment it's introduced people will start to argue that some people deserve more help and history would suggest those well-intentioned arguments will eventually win public support and the benefits of UBI will be lost. Something that really upset me recently is that for the first time in her life my partner's mum decided she wanted to get a job but when she went to the job centre she was told it was a bad idea because she would get less support from the government. We were both hoping a job might finally get her clean, especially if she was socialising with other people with jobs and functional families. Unfortunately she's now back to abusing drugs and using prostitution as a means to get some extra cash. I'd be lying if I said it doesn't make me extremely angry. We need to be careful we don't create bad incentive structures.