JackGreenEarth to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 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-square246fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1324arrow-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 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months agoI’ve got one for you chicken: https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-industrial-egg-producers-price-hikes-are-suspiciously-high-and-federal-government-should-help-rein-in-unfair-market-practices
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•11 months agoYeah there are like a handful of companies that control egg distribution. That’s the kind of scenario where a price fixing cartel can work.
I’ve got one for you chicken:
https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-industrial-egg-producers-price-hikes-are-suspiciously-high-and-federal-government-should-help-rein-in-unfair-market-practices
Yeah there are like a handful of companies that control egg distribution. That’s the kind of scenario where a price fixing cartel can work.