You have to count the number of all the engineers, factories, robotic assemblers, accountants, factory construction people + 40,000 other jobs in the instagram numbers. They didn't take all those pictures by themselves.
We already have this and is considered to be a problem in western countries. US replacement rate is 2.1 births/woman, but the birthrate is 1.6. Without immigration, the US would be shrinking.
What about the people who need more than the basic income to live? Do you let them die? Do you raise the level to that of the most neediest person, do you create a separate program for those people? Should there be tiered basic income?
According to an AARP site, some people are getting $28k/year from social security. If everyone gets the same amount, does everyone get 28k, or do the people currently getting 28k get a big cut, and what if they'd have bought a house with a mortgage based on that 28k number, but are now only getting 8k?
Is there any research on this? Most people I know (~40 year olds) who own a paid off house or two (not too difficult if you were smart during the.com and housing booms) and a car and can take a few vacations a year would love to sit at home with their kids all day. I have that now and seem to do really well on a few thousand dollars a year. I can name 4 families off the top of my head who work only for the job benefit packages and nothing else.
What percentage could name a single astronaut or list one advancement in the last 25 years outside of the Mars landers? I'd bet a majority have already forgotten about Pluto.
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You have to count the number of all the engineers, factories, robotic assemblers, accountants, factory construction people + 40,000 other jobs in the instagram numbers. They didn't take all those pictures by themselves.
There has been no time in history when being poor did anything but suck.
And there never will be.
What happens when consuming can't keep up? I can only have and play with so much stuff.
We already have this and is considered to be a problem in western countries. US replacement rate is 2.1 births/woman, but the birthrate is 1.6. Without immigration, the US would be shrinking.
a way to redistribute some of those savings
Like though lower prices? The things I buy today for literally pennies I was buying in 1980 for tens of dollars
What about the people who need more than the basic income to live? Do you let them die? Do you raise the level to that of the most neediest person, do you create a separate program for those people? Should there be tiered basic income?
Nice analysis!
Maximum retirement payout from social security is $28k/year. Are you going to give everyone $28k/year?
Sweden rejected the basic income, so it's not only Americans.
Yes, some people seriously think this way
According to an AARP site, some people are getting $28k/year from social security. If everyone gets the same amount, does everyone get 28k, or do the people currently getting 28k get a big cut, and what if they'd have bought a house with a mortgage based on that 28k number, but are now only getting 8k?
I get $4.15
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Some people die in plane crashes too, but should yu restructure all of civilization around that?
This has been tried before.
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results something something something
If you worked for a welfare service, would your life be better?
If it were not for immigration, the US with a birthrate below replacement levels, would be shrinking. Not sure sterilization would do much.
BI for rice in NYC is a very comfortable steak in rural Ohio.
So? Don't underestimate the number of lazy people ruining this country.
Most people are not happy with a basic living
Is there any research on this? Most people I know (~40 year olds) who own a paid off house or two (not too difficult if you were smart during the .com and housing booms) and a car and can take a few vacations a year would love to sit at home with their kids all day. I have that now and seem to do really well on a few thousand dollars a year. I can name 4 families off the top of my head who work only for the job benefit packages and nothing else.
What percentage could name a single astronaut or list one advancement in the last 25 years outside of the Mars landers? I'd bet a majority have already forgotten about Pluto.
Evidence says otherwise
It's not just this site.
At the very least, that's still 200k years of no technology.
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