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Re:Universal Basic Income – Poll Results from IGM Economic E... by ___eponymous___ on Thursday June 30, 2016 @02:50PM (#12010807)
You're talking about the "rational decision" as if there's only one value to optimize. If their "utility function" is described by more than just how much money they have/make, then it could be perfectly rational to turn down the job.

That being said I do agree that if there's a huge difference in future earning power, it would still generally worth it to go for the job that involves giving up food stamps.

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Re:Universal Basic Income – Poll Results from IGM Economic E... by dllthomas on Thursday June 30, 2016 @04:29PM (#12011416)
> That being said I do agree that if there's a huge difference in future earning power, it would still generally worth it to go for the job that involves giving up food stamps.

If you can manage to hold your life together well enough to continue to do the job, with fewer resources available.

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