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minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI meant if housing, healthcare, and food were guaranteed, what would be the point of UBI? Politicians currently advocating for UBI are doing so as a replacement for things like universal healthcare, not in conjunction with it.
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoSo that goes back to my original comment, porque no las dos?
minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoAnd that would go back to my response… What would be the point? A basic income is supposed to cover basic necessities, if those are already covered what is the point other than driving inflation and driving down productivity?
I meant if housing, healthcare, and food were guaranteed, what would be the point of UBI?
Politicians currently advocating for UBI are doing so as a replacement for things like universal healthcare, not in conjunction with it.
So that goes back to my original comment, porque no las dos?
And that would go back to my response… What would be the point?
A basic income is supposed to cover basic necessities, if those are already covered what is the point other than driving inflation and driving down productivity?