We already have some form of this in the US. That is what WIC, SNAP, Section 8 etc are...and our neighborhoods were devastated by all the "free" money. Nothing in this World is "free"....just ask farmers who end up having to dump milk on the ground because the cost its selling for is less than it cost them to produce. Lights, Fodder, Land, Taxes animals...none of that is free either.
I really wish I could make everyone understand that the things that are valuable are intangible: dignity, honor...knowledge and trust in one's abilities. You can't be given those; you have to earn them by doing the WORK.
Those Section 8 apartments? Filled with lead, asbestos, roaches. Not free. The costs come in the form of horrible respiratory numbers for minorities who live in them.
WIC?? Government cheese made mostly of oils and bad fats??? Not Free. The costs come in the huge obesity numbers for people on food programs. No, it isn't the only contributing factor, laziness plays a part, but crappy free food is where it starts.
Do you really want the rest of the World to look like our neighborhoods? I don't...stop trying to manage and fix everything for everyone. Let them ask for help when they feel they need it. Otherwise, you are simply creating dependency. Self motivation is the greatest poverty ender ever. And you would rob them of feeling it's effects by your "generosity"...which by the way is suspect. Why aren't you teaching them to code instead? That's how most of you got wealthy...
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"UBI."
Should stand for "Unbelievably Bad Idea."
We already have some form of this in the US. That is what WIC, SNAP, Section 8 etc are...and our neighborhoods were devastated by all the "free" money. Nothing in this World is "free"....just ask farmers who end up having to dump milk on the ground because the cost its selling for is less than it cost them to produce. Lights, Fodder, Land, Taxes animals...none of that is free either.
I really wish I could make everyone understand that the things that are valuable are intangible: dignity, honor...knowledge and trust in one's abilities. You can't be given those; you have to earn them by doing the WORK.
Those Section 8 apartments? Filled with lead, asbestos, roaches. Not free. The costs come in the form of horrible respiratory numbers for minorities who live in them.
WIC?? Government cheese made mostly of oils and bad fats??? Not Free. The costs come in the huge obesity numbers for people on food programs. No, it isn't the only contributing factor, laziness plays a part, but crappy free food is where it starts.
Do you really want the rest of the World to look like our neighborhoods? I don't...stop trying to manage and fix everything for everyone. Let them ask for help when they feel they need it. Otherwise, you are simply creating dependency. Self motivation is the greatest poverty ender ever. And you would rob them of feeling it's effects by your "generosity"...which by the way is suspect. Why aren't you teaching them to code instead? That's how most of you got wealthy...