▲ 324 ▼ When talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'. (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 246 comments fedilink hide all child comments Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) You must live in VENEZUELA or some other SOCIAMIST HELLHOLE! Americans have the freedom to literally arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever they like YEEEEEEHAW! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, the socialist hellhole that is the Netherlands. Ranked 8 in the Index of economic freedom (USA is #25) permalink fedilink source parent [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month. What happens next? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago So I don’t get my million dollars a month?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, the socialist hellhole that is the Netherlands. Ranked 8 in the Index of economic freedom (USA is #25) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month. What happens next? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago So I don’t get my million dollars a month?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago So I don’t get my million dollars a month?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago So I don’t get my million dollars a month?? permalink fedilink source parent