Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
I would like a real nice UBI program because you can bet your sweet ass I know how to move to a cheap part of the country and budget like a gangster.
Me, too, but not because I want to live like a pauper off the dole of the state.

I think you're in the minority, there, wuf.
I really don't think there's an appreciable fraction of people that want to live in poverty and do "nothing" with their lives.


I want UBI because then we can eliminate unemployment, food stamp programs, welfare, etc.
We wont be able to eliminate all the public safety nets, but we can get rid of the largest and most distrusted ones.


Furthermore, if that's your attitude, wuf, then I bet the business where you work would be more productive if you'd stop playing this game where you work a job, but your heart's not in it. If you never applied for that job, and the only people who applied for the job were people who actually wanted the job, then I bet the business becomes more profitable.

I bet that happens across the board.

The current system forces people to make compromises with their time. That's not inherently bad. It's how it's always been. But the rise of automation is changing the needs on our time. UBI is inevitable. It's just a question of whether the time is now.