Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy

Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by xienze on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:57AM (#15140305)

Trying to maximize earnings is basic human behavior, sorry to break it to you. Welfare scams occur regularly, and that's before UBI.

And you're dodging the bigger question: I'm on UBI and my money runs out, can't afford to feed the kids. Multiply that by at least several thousand people every month. Now what?

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Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by irb on Thursday August 31, 2017 @10:24AM (#15140517)

How can maximising earnings be basic human behaviour when 'earnings' have only existed for a few thousand years, a tiny fraction of the history of our species?

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Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by MarchHare on Thursday August 31, 2017 @10:28AM (#15140538)

Food banks exist already, why would UBI change that.

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Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by jpindar on Thursday August 31, 2017 @10:10AM (#15140408)

Same as now. You don't get more food stamps just because you ran out.

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Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by xienze on Thursday August 31, 2017 @11:51AM (#15141138)

The difference is it's earmarked money today. There's no potential to spend your food money on a phone and then claim you can't buy food at the end of the month.

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Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by kirsebaer on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:41AM (#15161992)

Most countries just give cash to people without income, they don't bother with a separate food program. That seems to work fine.

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