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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by jasonlfunk on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:13AM (#15574894)
> Everyone should get enough money to be able to refuse to work. That way, the incentive is shifted to employers, where it should be. Want someone to do something? Pay them enough to do it.

This sounds nice in theory, but how doesn’t this result in price inflation? Not only are you going to be taking a portion of businesses’ profits in taxes, but now you are increasing the cost of labour. And frankly, some jobs suck so badly that no one is going to want to do them without being paid a ton of money. For example, manual agricultural labor. Food costs would almost certainly skyrocket. (Unless you account for illegal immigrants, which you couldn’t naturalize because then you’d have to give them a UBI).

Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by Stefstefstef on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:20AM (#15574912)
I don't know about the US but in my country manual agricultural labor pays so much only immigrants living in hay barns can afford to do the work. for everyone else it doesn't pay enough to do the work
Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by BartSaM on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:26AM (#15574926)
Would be nice if you would mention what is your country.
Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by goliatone on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:31AM (#15574944)
I always see UBI mentioned when people discuss automation and the disruption of labor. Automation could address your last concern regarding inflation and jobs people don’t want to do.
Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by Firadeoclus on Saturday October 28, 2017 @11:02AM (#15575339)
There would be a rebalancing of prices, which is really an intended effect. Things would be in flux for a time, then settle at a new equilibrium. Food prices may go up, other prices may go down. The new equilibrium prices may well be higher on average, but the more important question is, how much can a poor person afford to buy?