Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Happier and More Secure

Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by perfunctory on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:15AM (#19571230)

I am employed and making more than 100K and still I am not doing anything productive for society. So even if I quit given UBI and become "unproductive" it will have no meaningful impact on anything.

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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by ams6110 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:27AM (#19571331)

You're presumably doing something productive for somebody who's willing to pay you $100K for it. Or do you work for the government?

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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by perfunctory on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:58AM (#19571692)

It's complicated but in general if somebody is willing (or has to) to pay you it's not per se productive. In a society where everyone's basic needs are guaranteed to be covered we both would have made different choices.

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