Universal basic income to be tested in Wales

Re:Universal basic income to be tested in Wales by sokoloff on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:15AM (#27164908)

Probably the same thing we did when agriculture went from 70% of the workforce to under 1.5%. People will adapt to fill new demands.

If it comes to pass at some future time that machines can do all the work and everyone can live a Garden of Eden existence, goods and services will be so cheap due to their natural abundance, that UBI might be feasible but food and essentials might be almost not worth the trouble of metering.

We’re really, really far from that being a reality or concern, IMO.

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Re:Universal basic income to be tested in Wales by miltondts on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:29AM (#27165022)

But why are we forcing people to work for the essentials when the essentials (water, food, shelter) require a tiny fraction of the population and resources?

Is this the kind of society that we want to live in? Where trough automation and first mover advantage we allow people to be ridiculously rich while the rest of the population struggles to get by?

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Re:Universal basic income to be tested in Wales by lorepieri on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:16AM (#27174251)

I agree with this 100%. The most effective UBI is providing water, food, shelter and all the other essentials + some cash for extra, where the cash part can be small.

As the time goes on and our society gets richer, we would include more things into the essentials (holidays, a personal vehicle, etc.)

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