Also, probably the only way to reduce the social tensions?
What would happen if a Universal Basic Income is introduced?
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I would chill at home, watch football and order cheap pizza
- Inn zell with no reason to work other than paying the rentWho is going to be making/delivering cheap pizza?
Bros who like making pizza and want to do it for just a few hours a week to break the monotony of not working and make a few extra dollars
The country will be filled with people who spend most of their time chilling and have some sort of 10 hour/week side "job" just to have some activity and some low-stress supplemental income
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Those jobs should just disappear. They are poverty traps.
Employment crisis would explode even worse than it is. There are millions of unfilled open positions right now. Get a job.
Yes but what other jobs could the double digit IQ people hold? They are half the country.
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UBI would be excellent, and much better than maintaining the bloated bureaucracy of existing welfare programs.
It would also provide much stronger incentives to work than what currently exists. The current programs disincentivize people because you lose the benefit when you go back to work. A UBI would provide the same incentive to work, as you'll reap all the benefit. It'll just make sure people aren't crazy stressed, forced to turn to crime, etc.
UBI would easily make things better.
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UBI will never pass the legislature process if it eliminates the existing welfare programs.
UBI would be excellent, and much better than maintaining the bloated bureaucracy of existing welfare programs.
It would also provide much stronger incentives to work than what currently exists. The current programs disincentivize people because you lose the benefit when you go back to work. A UBI would provide the same incentive to work, as you'll reap all the benefit. It'll just make sure people aren't crazy stressed, forced to turn to crime, etc.
UBI would easily make things better.