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Came here to say the exact same thing; thanks for saying it better than I ever could. I don't get the basic income thing - pay people to not work? What? Where
by cpursley 13y ago
Came here to say the exact same thing; thanks for saying it better than I ever could.
I don't get the basic income thing - pay people to not work? What?
Where's the money come from? How to you prevent massive inflation and a massive decrease in economic output as people quit their jobs? Who decides who gets this basic income?
This all reminds me of a south park episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts
- TuringTest 13y agoThe money come from people who works, and everybody gets the basic income - so there are no need to track how much anybody deserves it, and no incentives to stop working to receive subsidy. The idea is that some people will pay more than they receive anyway, but at any time that you can't sustain yourself, you still have the safety net and can survive until you can re-enter the productive workforce. Or if you're content with living with the bare minimum, that's OK too; you're not competing with others for scarce works, and you're not putting them at risk when you fight for your life - as it's not at risk.