UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
  • @EheranEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    Do we have any sort of previous example of this happening? Was this ever tested? If no: a test is seemingly well worth it.

        • @cricket97English
          -3•1 year ago

          Not really. There is a big difference when the free money is guaranteed over a long period of time. I don’t think it takes any extraordinary leaps in logic that people would stop working if they were given a bunch of money every month.

      • @cricket97English
        -1•1 year ago

        There’s a big difference when its guaranteed over a period of time. Then you can actually feel justified in quitting whatever job you have since you know the money will keep coming in.

      • Bob Robertson IX English
        -3•1 year ago

        The entire US was given checks during the pandemic, did it make you lazy?

        I mean, I spent a year wearing sweat pants and hardly leaving my house.

          • Bob Robertson IX English
            3•1 year ago

            It was a joke… I was still working full time, just from home. And I didn’t go anywhere because there was a pandemic going on and I didn’t want to be around people. But the fact that I was 100% in sweatpants and lounging around the house for a year did feel lazy, but had nothing to do with the checks coming in from the government.

            • @[email protected]English
              1•1 year ago

              Hey I take umbrage. Sweatpants are a vital part of attire for WFH / home gym enthusiasts, even post-lockdown.

      • @GiganEnglish
        -7•1 year ago

        Fuck yeah it did. I was making the same on unemployment as I would have being at work. I wanted to stay laid off.

          • @GiganEnglish
            -1•1 year ago

            Yeah, but that probably applies to a lot of people. Why would anyone choose to do all the bullshit (but necessary) jobs if they can get paid the same for sitting at home?

              • @GiganEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                Billionaires are sociopaths.