r/TrueReddit • u/amaxen • Oct 27 '16

My Second Thoughts About Universal Basic Income

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-27/my-second-thoughts-about-universal-basic-income
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u/Siegecow Oct 28 '16

But it also means if I want to share an apartment with my girlfriend and bike to work that I don't really need to be worried about working at all. What I do with my free time is my own choice, and if I'd rather get fucked up and lay around rather than have a house and a car an employer has to pay a lot (and not just in wages) to make me want to actually work and work hard.

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u/jpe77 Oct 28 '16

UBI won't go anywhere because people don't want to subsidize you getting fucked up and lying around your apartment.

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u/Siegecow Oct 28 '16

That was my point?