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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by mchusma on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:07PM (#29970422)
+1

Using UBI to eliminating minimum wage, government unemployment insurance, and other problematic/expensive programs is one of my favorite parts of UBI.

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by zozbot234 on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:20PM (#29970589)
Some short-term unemployment insurance would likely still exist under UBI - the two programs have sharply different goals, and a viable UBI would generally be too low for a "full" income. But UBI would almost certainly allow for more flexibility in the labor market, that would make extended UI a lot less relevant.
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