Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "An Honest Discussion About A Universal Basic Income" video.

  1. In America, welfare has a work requirement, so that is not the best example. However, I do know people get paid under the table, so they it appears like they are in poverty. They then collect as much free stuff from the government as they can get.
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  2.  @socialenigma4476  If your "work" requires you to live off someone else's income, then it's value is zero or negative
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  3. How can anyone see the consequences of this massive government spending and think that we should have more of it? Maybe I'm the only one tired of labor shortages and inflation?
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  4. It would quickly become insolvent in America as Democrats would keep increasing payments without raising taxes and Republicans would cut taxes without reducing payments.
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  5. It isn't just debt. It is also money printing. 🤮
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  6.  @LaneCorbett  You have to submit applications to the government now to prove you are applying and that you aren't applying for jobs you are unqualified (such as cashiers only applying for chemical engineering jobs). The real abuse is people are on and off unemployment because they intentionally get fired from every job they get, because they are horribly lazy.
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  7. I think that is called retirement
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  8.  @socialenigma4476  Yes. Artists and writers who can't sell their art are useless. Housewifes can work, but they choose not and pretend it is a noble choice.
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  9. That's already a thing. If you your tax write offs and rebates are higher than your tax payments, then you get a net payment from the government.
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  10.  @termitreter6545  I think the opposite issue would happen. Covid stimulus shows people will live off very little money if it means not working 40 hour weeks. Low skill jobs will be difficult to fill and large corporations will be the only ones who can afford to replace with automation.
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  11.  @termitreter6545  Low wage jobs are necessary for an economy and without them you get our current problem of supply chain issues and shrinking productivity. Plus, these workers are subsidized heavily with government benefits including free food, discounted rent, and free healthcare. People only want to work if the job pays heavily, creates little stress, and are not labor intensive. The people without skills who can't find these unicorn jobs have been shown to choose not to work until the goverment stimulus ran out.
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