JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months 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-squaremessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1319arrow-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@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt also means there’s more money in the pool of demand for housing, so as long as it’s a free market there will be more effort applied to fulfilling housing needs.
It also means there’s more money in the pool of demand for housing, so as long as it’s a free market there will be more effort applied to fulfilling housing needs.