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> "Given the huge number of L.A. County residents who applied, it's abundantly clear that a guaranteed basic income is an idea whose time has come," Supervisor
by Eumenes 3y ago
> "Given the huge number of L.A. County residents who applied, it's abundantly clear that a guaranteed basic income is an idea whose time has come," Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said.
Uh, its abundantly clear that people want free money?
- brink 3y agoI know, right? What a dangerously simplistic mindset to have for someone in authority.
- Eumenes 3y agoSounds like a real piece of work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Kuehl#Los_Angeles_County_Board_of_Supervisors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Kuehl#Los_Angeles_Count...
- proc0 3y agoPeople want money and society needs people to work. Working is a contribution to society that in return society gives you credits to buy other people's work. Exceptions aside (like physical disabilities), all of these free money programs are messing with this incentive structure. I'm not saying it won't work but just explaining where the pushback is coming from. At an individual level of course free money makes sense, but we all are part of a larger social structure, and problems need to be looked at from all these angles to avoid creating even more problems.