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Originally Posted by blankall
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.
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Supply and demand. If being a landlord suddenly becomes more lucrative, more landlords enter the market, and the increased supply pushes prices back down.
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Originally Posted by RichieRich
by giving into UBI you are likely also having to give up certain freedoms in life, ones we take for granted. For many people (but not all), there is even less incentive to do more, work harder, strive, set goals, etc... In fact, I would argue that those above whatever UBI minimum earnings and who work would logically choose to reduce their earnings just sufficiently to qualify for UBI and in so doing not have to work at all. That's a win isn't it? Free money... for nothing... play video games, smoke, and drink, and DGAFF.
Once the government owns you, they tell you what to do, and you go along with it because you have no choice. Soon enough you're doing unsavory things. Socialism.
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Quite the opposite. Not having all your time/energy drained by a menial job, means you have more time/energy to keep tabs on what government is doing, and participate in protests. If anything I'd say the current situation, where everyone has to have a job, is more conducive to government corruption and despotism.