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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by jedberg on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @03:21PM (#32653974)
It's called a basic income because it's subsistence living. Most people won't just live off it and do nothing. And those that would, well, they aren't really going to do much anyway if you force them to work, other than the bare minimum of the most menial labor.

So far every experiment in UBI has shown that almost everyone getting it does something useful with the money and doesn't just sit on it.

And frankly, I have no problem with paying someone to sit on their ass drawing lines, if it means they aren't starving and homeless.

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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by agileAlligator on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:15PM (#32654508)
> And frankly, I have no problem with paying someone to sit on their ass drawing lines, if it means they aren't starving and homeless.

Why don't you? I am sure that you can support at least one such person with your income

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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by jedberg on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:34PM (#32654697)
I do actually. I support a couple of people with enough income to keep them from being starving and homeless. One I'm not even related to.
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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by r2_pilot on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @08:55AM (#32661456)
Same, more or less. It's good to see my mentality isn't unique. Reducing human suffering is a noble goal.
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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by agileAlligator on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:55AM (#32658520)
Good on you!

Please don't expect everyone else to have the same generosity

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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by jedberg on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:06AM (#32658569)
That’s the beauty of UBI! No one has to be generous. It’s paid through taxes so everyone pays based on their means and ability.
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Re:4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything by skeaker on Thursday September 01, 2022 @04:08PM (#32682358)
He clearly doesn't expect everyone to be generous, hence why he advocates for UBI. UBI would be mandated and would therefore force participation from those without such generosity (according to their means, of course). By claiming that he holds a viewpoint which he obviously does not you've utterly failed to refute his argument. Perhaps you should seriously consider why his argument works and yours doesn't. You may come to a surprising change in your point of view.
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