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* '''Objection''': Giving people free money is bad for society. | * '''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. | ** '''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. | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 1 August 2021
Common Objections to UBI
- 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.