Interestingly, and to forestall one possible objection, the Finnish trial of this showed that the unemployed on a 'universal' income were more likely to find paid employment than those on traditional benefits.
I don't know, but maybe there's a psychological benefit from universal income that means you're less likely to see yourself as an 'unemployed failure' so are more likely to to be successful in job applications.
I think on the whole people want to work, want to feel useful and contribute in some way..
Of course there's always a few 'outliers' or freeloaders who don't.
But Tbh what's the point of forcing incomptetant chinless wonders into work.??
Just let them paint up wine boxes as buses, and keep them out of mischief that way
In my experience having people like that around in the workplace demoralises everyone
Trouble is that a lot of very necessary, socially useful work seems to be set up in such a way as to be almost deliberately unpleasant, demeaning and or unsatisfying. .
Pretty sure it doesn't need to to be like to that.
But I guess it shores up the idea of 'endless growth' capitalism .
You can't say have a hospital cleaner, happy and fulfilled in their work, being able to comfortably secure the basics of life, and having enough spare time income and energy left over to give to other meaningful aspects of their life.
We all have to be striving, trying to clamber over each other, and compensating for our own perceived lack of 'status' with more expensive toys and signs of our 'winning' right?? ..
Or alternatively ...
9
It's a magic number
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