Re:Finland ends Basic Income trial
by commandlinefan on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:08PM
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I think testing it for two years is the silly part. I have complete confidence that, say, the United States could easily sustain basic income, at a livable wage, for 20, maybe 30 years, before it started to crack under the pressure of too many people collecting and too few people putting in. Of course, by then it would be too late to close the box...
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Re:Finland ends Basic Income trial
by disordinary on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:41PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong but the length of unemployment benefit allowed in the US is six months and the unemployment rate is 4.1%, the length of unemployment benefit in New Zealand is for life and the unemployment rate is 4.6%. So on the surface it appears as though giving free money to unemployed has no impact on unemployment rates.
The assumption by some people is that everyone else is as lazy as themselves, so getting UBI would mean living a subsistence lifestyle and avoiding work where possible.