Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
by hnarn on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:10PM
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That's assuming that there's a decent way to identify these people and that people's potential is pretty much constant across their first 30 years. I'm not saying our current "filters" are useless but I don't think anyone can claim that they are without fault.
I'm also not sure that it's true that this would require "spraying money around", I think a lot of man-hours are already spent on useless work and/or basically doing nothing, but doing nothing during salaried time is not equivalent to doing nothing during your own time in terms of potential.
Sure, it's a utopia and a dream but I think it's naive to say that our current economy is already ideal when it comes to distribution of necessary goods and realizing the potential of the individual.
I'm also not sure that it's true that this would require "spraying money around", I think a lot of man-hours are already spent on useless work and/or basically doing nothing, but doing nothing during salaried time is not equivalent to doing nothing during your own time in terms of potential.
Sure, it's a utopia and a dream but I think it's naive to say that our current economy is already ideal when it comes to distribution of necessary goods and realizing the potential of the individual.