Anecdotally, when CERB came out my restaurant was able to retain 3/13 employees.
We had to hire all new staff (only immigrants applied for the jobs) and couldn't even get the old staff to cover the odd shifts. It was absolutely mind blowing the way they turned on the very idea of working.
The servers make good tips at my restaurant, especially for Castlegar (15-20$/hr) and we still couldn't get them to come in!
The new employees are way better than the previous ones which is a huge bonus but after my experience there is no way I could support a UBI.
I also wanted to touch on the 'give the young a people a say' comment.
The irony is that the 'old people who wrecked the world' were the young people and it's a constant cycle. Sure you want the young in charge while you're part of the young. That tune will change when you get older and look down on the young as you look down on the old now. People saying they need to take power from others to propagate positive change are still just people who want to take power.
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