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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by free652 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:48PM (#22496677)
Sane? Like a great-grandmother? Would be she insane to live in NYC where is her whole family?
Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by z9e on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:57PM (#22497485)
It would be insane for her family to not take her into their home and take care of her, which unfortunately the US doesn’t do as much as other cultures.
Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by free652 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @04:00PM (#22498182)
So right now she is independent, but under UBI she has to beg her family? Is that what you call a success of UBI?

That's just income redistribution from the most vulnerable, right wing would love this.

Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by saint_fiasco on Saturday March 07, 2020 @03:27AM (#22510554)
She is not really independent right now. There is no way a grandma can live comfortably in one of the biggest cities in the world without massive subsidies in the form of rent control, for example.
Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by saint_fiasco on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:53PM (#22497440)
The combined disposable income of an entire family should be enough to afford housing for one great grandmother. UBI probably won't help or hurt her at all.