Why we should all have a basic income

Re:Why we should all have a basic income by crdoconnor on Sunday January 22, 2017 @07:30PM (#13458676)

There was a job guarantee program instituted in Argentina (called plan jefes e jefas - meaning head of household). The jobs were typically care-style jobs (looking after elderly, etc.). The government then tried to shift the women into a sort of UBI (called Plan Familias) by offering more money than under Jefes

Unsurprisingly the majority of women took the money. Perhaps more surprisingly (to advocates of basic income, anyway), they took the money and continued to do the jobs "for free".

http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_705.pdf

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Re:Why we should all have a basic income by sobani on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @07:08AM (#13470683)

> Perhaps more surprisingly (to advocates of basic income, anyway), they took the money and continued to do the jobs "for free".

Isn't this exactly what UBI advocates say will happen: People will start doing useful tasks, because they no longer need to find a job?

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