njordomir@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1144
arrow-up1144message-squareIf a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?njordomir@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up63·2 months agoThe point of UBI is that it has no stipulations. It’s guaranteed no matter what.
minus-squareBocky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoExactly. Its value becomes evident when a version gets to the stage where they can’t work. Very different from those that choose not to work.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAnd even more evident when you need to decide how to set up a bureaucracy, paperwork, and verification to judge whether someone else could be working more, or just not
The point of UBI is that it has no stipulations. It’s guaranteed no matter what.
Exactly. Its value becomes evident when a version gets to the stage where they can’t work. Very different from those that choose not to work.
And even more evident when you need to decide how to set up a bureaucracy, paperwork, and verification to judge whether someone else could be working more, or just not