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When 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'. (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He suggested that instead, we use the money that we would use for UBI to guarantee that EVERYONE’S basic needs are met. Housing, food, healthcare, etc…

That is the entire purpose of UBI. Literally.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

No he's altering who has the cash.

In his discussion he means:

if the customer is given free cash, corporations might jack up prices to get some of it.
if the customer has free healthcare, the corporation doesn't see any "free cash" they can get some of. Of course they're aware the customer should be spending less on necessities like healthcare, but they aren't necessarily bringing home more than they were last month, they're just retaining more.