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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by manicdee on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:49PM (#29970938)
How can they afford to quit if they aren’t earning enough to live on in the first place?

You have that luxury because of savings.

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by godelski on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:30PM (#29971890)
Even a small amount of income gives breathing room. That's the idea here. A full UBI would mean there's no chance of suffocating. I'm saying that we can dip our toes in first and we should still see effects. It isn't an all or nothing scenario as many put forward.
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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by HowTheStoryEnds on Monday January 17, 2022 @06:23PM (#29972871)
Only if all costs and prices remain the same as before the ubi and that seems a ridiculous pipe dream.
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