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Re:Enough with Basic Income by geezerjay on Sunday September 11, 2016 @01:45PM (#12474557)
> When kids are raised without the persistent threat of not surviving?

Having to contribute to society by keeping a job, and using the income of said job to finance your cost of living is far from being a life-risking enterprise.

You're trying to avoid the point by inventing absurd emotional examples.

Re:Enough with Basic Income by calvano915 on Sunday September 11, 2016 @02:19PM (#12474760)
You're ignoring the seemingly obvious threat of less job opportunities over time that provide a living, thriving wage. There's many people who have "a job" now who are barely getting by, enough to live but not thrive by any means. As efficiency increases over time because of tech, in combination with increasing reliance on cheap global labor and further stagnating wages locally, there will need to be some way to keep the local economy flowing beyond people just "keeping a job".
Re:Enough with Basic Income by geezerjay on Sunday September 11, 2016 @04:55PM (#12475675)
> You're ignoring the seemingly obvious threat of less job opportunities over time that provide a living, thriving wage.

That's your assumption, and a baseless one at that.

Back in reality, we're experiencing unprecedented economic development which includes the inception of a whole new economic sector.

You're essentially complaining that buggy whip artisans have less job opportunities in a world that's creating whole new jobs such as forum moderators, social media experts, and data scientists.

Today's economy even creates jobs playing video games, surfing, and talking about gourmet food.

The world's most developed economies are enjoying structural unemployment rates.

And you're here talking about "less job opportunities over time".

You need to separate facts from fiction, including your own baseless beliefs.

Re:Enough with Basic Income by erikpukinskis on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:11PM (#12485399)
Violence is generally not a good motivator. Positive reinforcement is much better.