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Originally Posted by MarchHare
For the same reason that aren't you on welfare today?
I haven't read enough about this issue to say if I support Switzerland's proposal or not (I'm tentatively leaning towards not), but there is at least some merit in believing that people will be motivated to work because they want to have more than the bare minimum. I don't know how the cost of living over there compares to Calgary, but $2800/mo ($33.6k/year) doesn't get you very far in this city.
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You might keep working, but there are lot of people who wouldn't. As it stands now, there already are many able bodied people who avoid working and collect various forms of social assistance. The more you increase "welfare" the more incentive you provide to avoid working.
You're also speaking from the perspective of an upwardly mobile individual. What if your career prospectives involved mopping floors or moving boxes?
I agree, that most of the people would continue working. It only takes a small proportion quitting their jobs to totally upset everything. It leads to a cycle where productivity is decreased, goods become less avaialble, inflation sets in, more people go off work, etc...