Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? [video]

Re:Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? [video] by oosjc9a5 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @05:02AM (#19068721)

My bet, based on what my heart says, is that if everybody could receive UBI, almost all people will do absolutely nothing; levels of depression and mental illness will go over the roof, which could very well end in violence.

Introducing UBI because of robots taking jobs reminds me of that quote, "For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong"

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Re:Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? [video] by ykevinator on Sunday February 03, 2019 @08:20AM (#19069418)

It's so little money that I don't think people would do nothing. I agree with your concern about mental health. Sometimes well intentioned policy sets up an environment that encourages behaviors that lead to mental health issues (the opiod crisis for example).

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Re:Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? [video] by sascha_sl on Sunday February 03, 2019 @05:30AM (#19068820)

>based on what my heart says

okay so I can stop reading there, because whatever that is will be informed by the culture surrounding you, which if I had to guess would be center to right american

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Re:Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? [video] by htns on Sunday February 03, 2019 @05:08AM (#19068740)

Finland is already a welfare state.

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