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How do you make sure that enough people want to do the necessary jobs? And why do you need money at all in that scenario, at least for the basic items the UBI
by _heimdall 2y ago
How do you make sure that enough people want to do the necessary jobs?
And why do you need money at all in that scenario, at least for the basic items the UBI intends to make affordable to all? Why not just make them free and available to everyone?
- vidarh 2y agoYou pay for them, on top of UBI. No UBI proposal I'm aware of proposes UBI replaces salaries or is high enough to satisfy everyone. The "B" is for basic. Most people are not satisfied with earning a basic salary.
- _heimdall 2y agoI was very surprised during the pandemic response to see how many people were happy to take government checks plus unemployment rather than working. I know a few people with small businesses in various manufacturing industries. They all had a really hard time finding enough people to work while stimulus checks were going out. People wouldn't make quite as much, but they were happy to stay home and have the basics for "free" rather than have a job.
- saagarjha 2y agoPerhaps this is more a statement of the working conditions there than a comment on what people actually want to do.