JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-squaremessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1309arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square241fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf it is means tested it is not basic income
minus-squarefloridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSee my other reply and if you want to argue please reply there, but TL;DR, means testing is basic income and arguing about the qualifications of a basic income doesn’t help when it comes down to whether or not we should implement one.
If it is means tested it is not basic income
See my other reply and if you want to argue please reply there, but TL;DR, means testing is basic income and arguing about the qualifications of a basic income doesn’t help when it comes down to whether or not we should implement one.