Re:A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing
by vintermann on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @06:33AM
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Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, automation mechanics, fishermen off the top of my head. Just from local personal experience in a place with low unemployment.
It's hard to disentangle the effects, since many of my age peers who went the blue-collar route weren't exactly responsible... but those who were, and some who weren't, still did very well for themselves. Theoretically, maybe we white-collar workers would do better after 20 years - but not if our blue-collar friends invested their savings in the meantime (which many do).
It's hard to disentangle the effects, since many of my age peers who went the blue-collar route weren't exactly responsible... but those who were, and some who weren't, still did very well for themselves. Theoretically, maybe we white-collar workers would do better after 20 years - but not if our blue-collar friends invested their savings in the meantime (which many do).