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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by mises on Thursday April 04, 2019 @10:24AM (#19572628)
"Happiness activities" are fine, but I'm not sure they should be subsidized by taxes.
Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by moorhosj on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:25PM (#19574847)
They already are subsidized in plenty of places (sports stadiums and public parks for example).

It raises a fundamental question about the government's role and it's goals. We tend focus on maximizing productivity and other countries focus more on maximizing health/happiness. Even the way Americans talk about education is through the lenses of creating more productive workers as opposed to something like creating more enriched citizens.