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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think it comes down to people liking "stuff".
They want a car, house, boat, a houseboat, home theater, sushi lunches, vacations, live sports, ceramic cat figurines, sexual attraction of wealth, and the list goes on.
A lot of people work to survive, but a lot also push themselves so they can experience things and entertain themselves. UBI alone would get very boring for most people.
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You're basically talking about paying people the bare minimum to survive, and if they want "stuff" they have to work for it.
What happens when you're on a budge of $1,500.00, and rent is $1,000.00. Now everyone has an extra $1,500.00 from UBI lying around. The evil landlords decide....hey, I can now charge $1,500 for rent instead of $1,000. In fact, I'll get a better quality of tenant at that price point, as the "rif raff" won't want to pay more.