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nksjndfdf
10y ago
It depends what you mean my 'enough to live on', because you can live on very little or no income, but you won't live well. At our current state we cannot provide enough for everybody for free, this might be possible in the f
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nksjndfdf
10y ago
The problem is that basic income is not enough. Most of the people who will receive it will still need and want more. This means they will still be looking for work, and will be willing to accept lower wages, because they have the basic inc
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nksjndfdf
10y ago
A very similar idea to basic income has been tried and failed miserably because it ends up as employer subsidies. If you are willing to work for X money a year, and you get a basic income of Y money a year, then you will be willing to work
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nksjndfdf
10y ago
A very similar idea to basic income has been tried and failed miserably because it ends up as employer subsidies. If you are willing to work for X money a year, and you get a basic income of Y money a year, then you will be willing to work