Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds

Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds by asiachick on Thursday May 07, 2020 @12:18PM (#23104693)

> From a non-scientific view point, of course giving people free money makes them feel better.

It does? My belief, though I have no facts to back it up, is that some of people (but not all) would feel bad taking charity. For some people knowing they are effectively taking from others bothers them.

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Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds by CuriousSkeptic on Thursday May 07, 2020 @07:39PM (#23109686)

I guess it depends on your view on charity, and taking from others.

I happen to think I’m owed quite a bit of rent from all the externalities pushed on to me to allow the owning class to live of rent alone while I do the value crating labor in exchange for the lowest price they can get away with in a saturated labor market.

And I hope most people who are getting the short end of that stick also realize how they are being screwed over by the current system.

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