3 ms·
People who want to earn more than UBI are getting the work done. Also if you believe most work is now bullshit jobs, and a lot of UBI-ers will be say giving th
by quickthrower2 5y ago
People who want to earn more than UBI are getting the work done.
Also if you believe most work is now bullshit jobs, and a lot of UBI-ers will be say giving their kids, parents, etc. more time and care, then this kind of directs money away from BS towards non-BS. For example BS is another say VP of internet junk food delivery marketing, whose top customer is the VC funneling printed money. Non-BS is someone growing veggies because they have the time, and chatting to the 80 year old next door who loves the company.
- emteycz 5y agoSo prices of everything will rise and nobody on UBI can afford anything?
- BizarroLand 5y agoI'm of the mindset that if UBI were passed, prices for basic living would stabilize around whatever UBI is set to. If it was $20,000 USD, then a 1 bedroom apartment (theoretically shared between 2 cohabitating people) would run $40,000/12/3 = $1,111/month on average when companies set a requirement of needing 3 times your rent in income. That would leave the layabout small 2 person family about $2,200/month for food, fun and other expenses, and then there would be an incentive for them to have children as each child would add $20,000/yr to their income, allowing giving birth to be an effective means of upward mobility up to a certain point.
- emteycz 5y agoThe whole promise of UBI is that only those who like to work would do it, and people wouldn't do menial jobs because they could simply not do them - and thus the price must rise. Then, because the prices have risen, either UBI must be larger or it's no longer working as promised. That causes inflation, and again UBI must be larger.