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Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by zo1 on Saturday May 16, 2015 @01:16PM (#9556852)
For those that make an only moderate amount more than the basic income? It's a good probability that they will not want to work.

Perhaps not out of "spite" as you suggest, but a simple time tradeoff. E.g. "Work 8 hours per day, and get $100 more. Or work 0 hours per and have $100 dollars less to spend, but 8 hours more to work on hobbies and leisure and social activities.

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Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by orangecat on Saturday May 16, 2015 @01:53PM (#9556978)
Perhaps not out of "spite" as you suggest, but a simple time tradeoff. E.g. "Work 8 hours per day, and get $100 more. Or work 0 hours per and have $100 dollars less to spend, but 8 hours more to work on hobbies and leisure and social activities.

That situation exists today, and to a greater extent than it would with a basic income. Due to the loss of benefits, as income increases the working poor face huge effective marginal taxes, sometimes over 100% so that they are literally made worse off by earning more. See https://www.epionline.org/studies/r27/ for example.

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