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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by take_a_breath on Thursday March 05, 2020 @12:48PM (#22496003)
==Child rearing seems like a waste of talent.==

Based on what metric?

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by 76543210 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:18PM (#22496342)
Using identical twins, they find outcomes are basically identical.

And really this only applies to 0-5. After that, kids go to school.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by take_a_breath on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:15PM (#22496998)
What outcomes are basically identical? Could you share the study you seem to be citing?

Kids go to school around age 5, but I'm not sure that is the end of child rearing.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by 76543210 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:30PM (#22497172)
There are lots of studies/stories. Google "identical twins separated at birth"

Once a kid is in school, a parent can work. Removing the need for UBI.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by take_a_breath on Thursday March 05, 2020 @04:33PM (#22498569)
I'm not going to do the leg work to validate unsourced claims that you made, but I will assume you don't have kids based on your comments.

It's possible that things are more complex than you suggest (or realize). One simple example is the typical start/end time for school. In Houston (a random example, but a very large school district), this is the school schedule [1]:

* 7:30 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. for elementary schools and K-8 campuses

How well does that schedule fit with a typical job?

[1] https://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2018/01/10/hisd-to-standar...

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