JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1289arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square215fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareLandmammals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThe problem with that argument is that UBI frees up people to move to lower cost of living areas.
The problem with that argument is that UBI frees up people to move to lower cost of living areas.