Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "Free Money? What a UBI Would Really Do to People ... and Our National Debt" video.

@sampleowner6677 Society can only tolerate so many loafers. Then it all goes to hell, because productive people are paying for non-productive people to sit around.
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@Whateva67 That's okay though. People can be poor spellers, not much for math, but they work hard and take care of their families. Why put people down for that?
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@petermgruhn a.k.a. homeless
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@burkino7046 Crazy how you miss "hobbies that make useful stuff." That's massive parts of scientific research and engineering Only the smartest 5% of the population have the brains to do research and engineering. Those people are already employed or working in scientific research and engineering
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UBI is a dystopian idea that is essentially society giving up on people being productive members of society. The government should be encouraging people to work by only giving assistance if people actually put forth effort. Even if it costs more money than giving them UBI, you need to get people out of government dependence and ensure they work to do a job. If they have no skills, put them to work painting lamp posts, picking up trash, Think of the WPA during the 30s, they did a lot of work in national parks, and it made america stronger because it built a work ethic and avoided getting people trapped by welfare. Anything other than that is slow decay and decline of civilization. It's a terrible idea by billionaires who just don't want the peasants to revolt.
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