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I'm not sure that I follow your argument. Specifically, you asked the question: "So how do people become incentivized to do the jobs that need done?" Most pro
by rprospero 13y ago
I'm not sure that I follow your argument. Specifically, you asked the question: "So how do people become incentivized to do the jobs that need done?" Most proposals I've seen for basic income operate under the idea that people are encouraged to perform jobs by being paid, as it is under the current system. Would you quit your job for a guaranteed 20k a year? I wouldn't. I'd like to have money for travel, which would be more difficult on that salary. Besides, I rather like my job.
- sharemywin 13y agoMy point is the service industry disappears. retail clerks, wait staff, gas station attendants, cleaners. Nobody does that work because they like it. Most of the people in the service industry work to get by. By choice or because they have to.
- ThomPete 13y agoGiven that it will always be beneficial to work if you need extra money you take those jobs. It's always beneficial to work. But those jobs are disappearing anyway.