Message from @Dennafen

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2018-07-26 16:38:40 UTC  

UBI, what do you think about it?

2018-07-26 16:40:44 UTC  

I'm in favor of it, I think it's going to be necessary to sustain capitalism at some point.

2018-07-26 16:46:01 UTC  

Highly against it, it will destroy society

2018-07-26 16:46:18 UTC  

only time UBI works, is when its no longer needed

2018-07-26 16:46:26 UTC  

No more than half of the job vanishing.

2018-07-26 16:46:37 UTC  

yes, but UBI will take with it the other half

2018-07-26 16:46:50 UTC  

No

2018-07-26 16:46:55 UTC  

Why bother working if you get sustainence for free?

2018-07-26 16:47:04 UTC  

what makes you think it wont Dennafen?

2018-07-26 16:47:18 UTC  

Because it's better to work than live off other people a leech.

2018-07-26 16:47:31 UTC  

And you think everyone thinks that way?

2018-07-26 16:47:36 UTC  

thats what UBI will be doing

2018-07-26 16:47:39 UTC  

You have a principle, that is good.

2018-07-26 16:47:50 UTC  

But it is incorrect t oassume you are the average

2018-07-26 16:47:54 UTC  

You can't just generate money
It needs resources tied to it

2018-07-26 16:48:10 UTC  

I agree, it would obviously be a tax.

2018-07-26 16:48:19 UTC  

which means that the rich

2018-07-26 16:49:07 UTC  

Yes the rich would be the ones taxed, but at some point soon we will have a vast number of people who though no fault of their own won't be able to have jobs at all.

2018-07-26 16:49:44 UTC  

yes, but that doesn't suddenly justify UBI, because UBI will be coming from those who achieve more than UBI as income

2018-07-26 16:50:09 UTC  

How does that not justify UBI.

2018-07-26 16:50:21 UTC  

What other means would they have to make money.

2018-07-26 16:50:23 UTC  

That is also based on the assumption that there is enough produced to go around.

2018-07-26 16:50:36 UTC  

they wouldn't, thats why i'm against the concept of implementing it until we can sustain it

2018-07-26 16:51:00 UTC  

That is money that will be spent on utilities, food and shelter.

2018-07-26 16:51:02 UTC  

UBI works, when you can replace everyones job, but at that point, it is redundant

2018-07-26 16:51:09 UTC  

And the prices of all three will rise to match the UBI

2018-07-26 16:51:36 UTC  

IF you don't do it well before then, you get a bunch of angry uneployed men with guns.

2018-07-26 16:51:47 UTC  

UBI is not taxable, because its tax money,
Meaning the huge population that needs it, can't pay into the system

2018-07-26 16:51:59 UTC  

Right.

2018-07-26 16:52:53 UTC  

Which then leads to it having to be taken from anyone who earns more than the UBI,

Meaning that people who would "barely" make it over, would just stop working,

Why work 40 hours per week for that extra 200 dollars

2018-07-26 16:53:03 UTC  

To be honest, my issue will be with the society change

2018-07-26 16:53:14 UTC  

Why work if you are already provided for?

2018-07-26 16:53:17 UTC  

no, that's not what UBI is.

2018-07-26 16:53:22 UTC  

unless you wanna strip UBI to only cover the absolute bare essentials

2018-07-26 16:53:41 UTC  

No everyone would be eligible for UBI.

2018-07-26 16:53:42 UTC  

which means that all non-workers essentially become venezuelans, minus the food-issue

2018-07-26 16:54:06 UTC  

Its "Universal" Basic income,

that means everyone

2018-07-26 16:54:27 UTC  

Okay, when the unemployment rates hit 15% or 20% what would you do?

2018-07-26 16:54:43 UTC  

you'd make it worse if you don't make it universal, because then you'll get exactly what i said

People who are barely over it, will stop working, and those jobs suddenly become critical need

2018-07-26 16:54:50 UTC  

What should you do then?

2018-07-26 16:54:50 UTC  

when it hits 20%?

Start a war