Difference between revisions of "Free income/objections"

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Objection: If you give people money, they will spend it unwisely.
Objection: I don't want my tax money going to pay for someone else's lifestyle.
- A: Unless you object to all taxation of any kind, this devolves into "I disagree that UBI is socially beneficial."
Objection: Giving people free money is bad for society.
- A: There's no evidence that it is harmful, and considerable evidence that it is beneficial (at least in our modern jobsolescent society. You'll have to be more specific.
Objection: Giving people free money makes them lazy.
- A: Studies have shown that only mechanical tasks are even somewhat motivated by financial incentives; with intellectual/creative tasks, financial incentive actually serves as a damper.
- Implied: nobody would work if they weren't forced to by the need to earn income.
  - A: The majority of the US does at least some work without pay -- in the form of running a household, volunteering, community organizing, unpaid software development, etc.

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 * '''Objection''': Giving people free money is bad for society.
 ** '''A:''' There's no evidence that it is harmful, and considerable evidence that it is beneficial (at least in our modern [[jobsolescent]] society. You'll have to be more specific.
+* '''Objection''': Giving people free money makes them lazy.
+** '''A:''' Studies have shown that only mechanical tasks are even somewhat motivated by financial incentives; with intellectual/creative tasks, financial incentive actually serves as a damper.
+** '''Implied''': nobody would work if they weren't forced to by the need to earn income.
+*** '''A:''' The majority of the US does at least some work without pay -- in the form of running a household, volunteering, community organizing, unpaid software development, etc.