Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby
by DoreenMichele on Saturday January 20, 2018 @12:55PM
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I have a bit over $10k a year in alimony. To get off the street, I spent 2 years researching where in the western half of the US I could a) travel inexpensively without a car and b) afford to buy a house. I am in a cheap rental trying to figure out how to buy a house with no money down.
There are places in the US where you can rent for $500/mo or less, but they are pretty hard to find. If it is just you, you may be able to make it, especially if you are willing and able to get a roommate.
If you have dependents, high health costs or any complications whatsoever, it rapidly falls apart. If we don't give UBI from birth, poor families with children won't be lifted out of poverty like we imagine. If we do, you can guarantee that some women will crank out babies as a means to raise their income and be lousy, abusive mothers who don't actually care about the kids.
For the vast majority of people, cutting their income 50 to 80 percent in exchange for going jobless will be a hardship. Most lottery winners are bankrupt within 5 years. I suspect part of the reason for this is that most people divide their time between working to make money and consuming in their off hours. When you remove the job from the equation, they suddenly have about 50 hours more a week that they need to entertain themselves. If you are used to spending money in your leisure time, it can be incredibly hard to shift gears and find cheap or free means to do so.
It can be done. I have lived on damn little for a long time and I do a lot for free because my income supports three people, not one. So the budget is quite tight. But a lot of people fail at it.
Currently, people failing to make ends meet can turn to food stamps, section 8 housing, etc. Many people feel that the way to finance UBI is to eliminate all that stuff. So if you get UBI and fail to make it work, it is possible there won't be a safety net to catch you when you fall. It may be one huge fuck you.
There are places in the US where you can rent for $500/mo or less, but they are pretty hard to find. If it is just you, you may be able to make it, especially if you are willing and able to get a roommate.
If you have dependents, high health costs or any complications whatsoever, it rapidly falls apart. If we don't give UBI from birth, poor families with children won't be lifted out of poverty like we imagine. If we do, you can guarantee that some women will crank out babies as a means to raise their income and be lousy, abusive mothers who don't actually care about the kids.
For the vast majority of people, cutting their income 50 to 80 percent in exchange for going jobless will be a hardship. Most lottery winners are bankrupt within 5 years. I suspect part of the reason for this is that most people divide their time between working to make money and consuming in their off hours. When you remove the job from the equation, they suddenly have about 50 hours more a week that they need to entertain themselves. If you are used to spending money in your leisure time, it can be incredibly hard to shift gears and find cheap or free means to do so.
It can be done. I have lived on damn little for a long time and I do a lot for free because my income supports three people, not one. So the budget is quite tight. But a lot of people fail at it.
Currently, people failing to make ends meet can turn to food stamps, section 8 housing, etc. Many people feel that the way to finance UBI is to eliminate all that stuff. So if you get UBI and fail to make it work, it is possible there won't be a safety net to catch you when you fall. It may be one huge fuck you.