I don’t make a lot of money, but I make enough to feel rather comfortable. If I were told “we’re going to give away free money to people without homes and jobs, but you don’t get any because you already have both,” I’d be cool with that.
If I were told “we’re going to increase your taxes, but the return on that would be knowing that no one would ever have to worry about affording medicine instead of food again. No one will ever need to beg for money again and income will no longer be coupled to social status,” I’d be fucking stoked.
I’m one of the lucky few who loves their job and would do it for free if I could afford to, but I’d love to see people be able to abandon their horrible work environments to pursue societal contributions that mean something to them.
Well, see, here’s the thing: you’re a decent person. Too few people are.
I don’t even think that it’s so much a lack of decency in most people, so much as the capitalist society we live in that falsely promotes the idea that it’s a zero sum game and that inherently drives people into a crab mentality.
I’m typically very skeptical of UBI due to the economics on a grand scale, but I am super impressed that the group who received an up front payment went from the lowest demographic who owned or rented to the highest. I am in favor of the approach, but need convinced it wouldn’t be disproportionately taken advantage of.
Isn’t the whole point of UBI that there isn’t anything to “take advantage of”?
It’s so awesome to see so many of these taking off across the country. Can’t wait to see it start to become more and more normalized and replace legacy welfare that comes with a bunch of red tape and overhead.
I can see it replacing some forms of welfare but a lot of it is based on specific needs like services
