People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report

Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by simiones on Thursday March 05, 2020 @12:24PM (#22495704)

> you need somebody to take away the garbage, pick the fruits and unclog the toilets

So your plan is to make sure some people will die of starvation unless they accept to do these jobs?

If no one is willing to do these critical jobs voluntarily, perhaps we should either pay them large amounts of money to convince someone to do them, or spread the work between more people - perhaps on a rotational basis.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by munk-a on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:10PM (#22496250)

If jobs are critical and unappealing, then we should pay large amounts of money for them to be done... Right now those critical and unappealing jobs are quite undervalued.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by qvrjuec on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:34PM (#22496499)

The examples specifically used above (garbage removal, plumbing) pay very well. I'd say they're valued appropriately for how little training they require.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by eanzenberg on Thursday March 05, 2020 @12:47PM (#22495990)

No one (in US or CA) is dying of starvation.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by heavyset_go on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:24PM (#22496403)

Having worked with them in the past, there are plenty that are one Meals on Wheels delivery away from being hungry and unable to buy food. Hunger rate in the US is 12%.

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