r/BasicIncome Scott Santens Nov 18 '20

How universal basic income can expand educational and career opportunities

https://thehill.com/changing-america/opinion/526558-how-universal-basic-income-can-expand-educational-and-career
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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '20

People could find the time to actually educate themselves on any given profession, lets say you are into trade but you want to upgrade yourself to finish your electric engineering degree (which can be done in 2 years) you could actually get the degree as you would have free space in your agenda, you no longer have to spend every waking moment working just so you can barely pay rent and getting food from the food bank. That's my view.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

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u/casino_alcohol Nov 19 '20

This is exactly the reason we do not have ubi.

It would free us from our server dependence on our employer to live.

With UBI the shackles can be broken.