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> The only answer is to decouple them, and introduce something like basic income (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic
by wolfgke 12y ago
> The only answer is to decouple them, and introduce something like basic income (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income)
Or finding work for these people that is a lot more useful for the society.
- dllthomas 12y agoWith a basic income, they can find work for other people (and other people can find work for them).
- wolfgke 12y agoBasic income is not a necessary condition for that.
- dllthomas 12y agoBut income is. Meeting the needs of people who cannot pay you is not a job, without some sort of external involvement. Giving them cash is the approach that gives the market the most room to find the best solution. Giving cash to everyone unconditionally gets rid of strange incentives around discontinuities. Hence, a basic income.