alt Hacker NewsWe can (and should) provide for those among us who aren't able to provide for themselves, without also firing everyone in the welfare department. UBI is shit. People need to do something in order to recieve money, even if the something is begging on the side of the freeway or going into the welfare office to claim benefits. Magic money from the sky is not the answer.
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I agree with you about magic money. Frequently downvoted when I put it forward but by and large I think that the human psyche needs to have a daily sense of having "accomplished something".
Otherwise I suspect many of us will (reluctantly) drift off into lives that center around drinking alcohol, playing video games…
> People need to do something in order to recieve money
Why?
What purpose does this serve?
Why should people have to prove their worthiness to be allowed to continue living?
What if you have to dig holes and fill them back in to get the money?
And some more people can do the useless work of tracking who filled and dug how many holes.