JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1310arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoOkay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month. What happens next?
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDepends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSo I don’t get my million dollars a month??
Okay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month.
What happens next?
Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.
So I don’t get my million dollars a month??