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==Common Objections to UBI== | ==Common Objections to UBI== | ||
| + | * '''Objection''': It costs too much. | ||
| + | ** '''Reality''': Actually, we spend more on other solutions already. | ||
| + | *** {{l/cwre|Myths/people need incentives to work}} | ||
| + | *** [[2014/05/27/Leaving Homeless Person On The Streets: $31,065. Giving Them Housing: $10,051.]] | ||
* '''Objection''': If you give people money, they will spend it unwisely. | * '''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. | * '''Objection''': I don't want my tax money going to pay for someone else's lifestyle. | ||
| − | ** ''' | + | ** '''Reality:''' 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. | * '''Objection''': Giving people free money is bad for society. | ||
| − | ** ''' | + | ** '''Reality:''' 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. | * '''Objection''': Giving people free money makes them lazy. | ||
| − | ** ''' | + | ** '''Reality:''' 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. | + | ** '''Implied Objection''': nobody would work if they weren't forced to by the need to earn income. |
| − | *** ''' | + | *** '''Reality:''' 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. |
Revision as of 23:11, 1 August 2021
Common Objections to UBI
- Objection: It costs too much.
- Reality: Actually, we spend more on other solutions already.
- 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.
- Reality: 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.
- Reality: 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.
- Reality: 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 Objection: nobody would work if they weren't forced to by the need to earn income.
- Reality: 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.