presumably people who don't like volunteering and arting, and do like working wi...

ghiculescu · 2025-07-18T01:29:10 1752802150

You think there would be lots of volunteer garbage collectors?

throaway955 · 2025-07-18T01:30:31 1752802231

...pay them to do it? gp said "plumbing" not "the worst jobs we couldn't get people to do for free."

ghiculescu · 2025-07-18T01:33:50 1752802430

So basically we are going to pay people to not work, and then pay them even more to still work.

wat10000 · 2025-07-18T03:34:34 1752809674

Exactly. Instead of a floor of $0 and you earn more than that by working, you have a floor of $1,000/month or whatever, and you earn more than that by working. The idea is to provide a cushion, not replace wages.

throaway955 · 2025-07-18T01:39:42 1752802782

do you have some kind of evidence that enacting a ubi, which comes with absolutely no condition of "not working," will stop a majority of people from taking paid work and making more money? Do we need 100% of the population to work in order to fill vital positions? I don't think so.

ghiculescu · 2025-07-18T02:24:06 1752805446

Yeah, the article we are commenting on + most comments here are the evidence

throaway955 · 2025-07-18T02:29:32 1752805772

The article said 3/4 of people kept working, a significant portion of the 1/4 went back to school, and a hell of a a lot of people are in this comment section saying they would never stop working even with UBI.