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To encourage people to work, UBI would just be enough to live on. So you wouldn't have enough money to raise children. If children also get UBI, then you woul
by amichail 3y ago
To encourage people to work, UBI would just be enough to live on.
So you wouldn't have enough money to raise children.
If children also get UBI, then you would have enough money to raise children, but the family as a whole would be poor.
Children might not like growing up in a poor family because their parents refuse to work.
- ironlake 3y agoTalking about UBI is like talking about a space elevator. The hypotheticals might be entertaining, but it's not something we're likely to see in our lifetimes. UBI should lift everyone about the poverty level so no one would "grow up poor", except as a relative measurement. You can still get a job so your standard of living is higher. No one is forced to stay poor. Children might not like growing up with parents who refuse to work, but I suspect that they will appreciate the financial security. It's the fundamental promise of a society.
- wmf 3y agoUBI would just be enough to live on. So you wouldn't have enough money to raise children. That's just one possible policy. Obviously if you want people to not have children you'd choose that policy. If you want people to have children you'd choose a different policy, like paying UBI to children.