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Re:Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supp... by randyrand on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:20PM (#15689286)
> it doesn't help people like students who both need to pay rent and also need time to study

What's the issue? You'd work, save money for awhile, then enroll in some school after a few years.

Your forced labor argument makes little sense to me. Particularly this argument: "which they don't have any realistic way to opt out of." Why not? You still have free time with a basic-employment job. Learn a skill in your free-time, and then get a job in that skill.

Re:Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supp... by fallingfrog on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:18PM (#15689819)
>Learn a skill in your free-time, and then get a job in that skill.

The real world doesn't work like this - most jobs above entry level require a college degree or some kind of professional certification. If you have kids to feed and rent to pay, that's a hard row to hoe. I know it's possible to somehow get a job based on self-reported self-training but that's rare. If it was that easy why do you suppose there are so many people that are working as dishwashers and cashiers? Maybe you just think they're lazy and stupid?