Post AhKnDptJNcaGS3xHzU by scottsantens@hachyderm.io
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(DIR) Post #AhKnDptJNcaGS3xHzU by scottsantens@hachyderm.io
2024-03-11T13:25:25Z
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We worry about providing Universal Basic Income because people might stop working, but here's a thought: maybe, just maybe, with a little financial security, people might actually pursue work they truly choose rather than work to just not die. Imagine that world for a moment.
(DIR) Post #AhKnDqxxNptTml8Vs0 by freemo@qoto.org
2024-03-11T14:44:04Z
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@scottsantens As someone who is strongly against UBI, and strongly supportive of welfare I can earnestly say people simply not working is not at all the reason I (or most people against UBI in my opinion) are against it.The reason i am against it is because it causes people more harm than good. People who are in a position where they need assistance need to be given the tools to get out of their situation, and the help to get there needs to be conditional on this (and we should be spending the money that goes with that). Financial assistance should be conditional with mandatory job training or mental health therapy needed to help someone succeed, not just money.In fact when there are underlying bad habits, as can often be the case, it is possible money can even make a persons condition worse and cause them to sleep farther into poverty.
(DIR) Post #AhKnDrksRx1eEU1a7c by lonelyowl13@annihilation.social
2024-03-11T15:41:35.992130Z
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@freemo @scottsantens Bruh. Let's maybe go total anarcho-capitalism with no welfare? Honestly, it will be more efficient and friendly to poor people.> it causes people more harm than good. The shitty conditional welfare just lock poor uneducated people out of jobs. For example, someone have no job and therefore receives unemployment benefits. If this person finds a job, they will no longer receive unemployment benefits. But they only have an option to apply for a shitty job with salary lower than their unemployment benefit, therefore, it is not profitable for them to look for a job at all. This (and high minimum wages) is the exact mechanics that cause ghettos in france.
(DIR) Post #AhKnbvzgLFO8KSQTL6 by realman543@annihilation.social
2024-03-11T17:01:44.364896Z
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@freemo @lonelyowl13 @scottsantens > too lazyNo, there's no point. Any good points I may or may not make are pointless, you bumbling buffoon. It's either been done before or is some variant of a conversation that's been had before. It's pointless. Do some research. I'm not your history teacher, nor your economics teacher.>wildlly fringe stanceIt's a sadly correct statement but it just shows how much everyone has swallowed government cock and can't think for themselves and reason for themselves.>My posts are not your soap boxThen fucking block me faggot. Then you won't have to see me.>makes you look like a trollI couldn't give two flying fucks about perception. Eat a dick you retarded nigger.>Act like a mature adult or you can GTFO, we dont need your toxic shit here.Guess what? I'm still here and you're still retarded.I am simply going to make jabs at you going forward. You've been warned.
(DIR) Post #AhKnbwPCoLnxbcMr7g by freemo@qoto.org
2024-03-11T17:03:16Z
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@realman543 Just saying the same incorrect shit over and over again with no explanation or argument or facts to back it up wont magically make it correct. You are more than welcome in my threads if you want to have a discussion. You are not welcome with your toxic childish behaviors (which has nothing to do with your stance btw).Welcome to the block list.@lonelyowl13 @scottsantens
(DIR) Post #AhKnbx2CTMzrYYbzu4 by dcc@annihilation.social
2024-04-28T03:33:04.695913Z
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