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.
      • @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.