UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
      • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        Not really. There is a big difference when the free money is guaranteed over a long period of time. I don’t think it takes any extraordinary leaps in logic that people would stop working if they were given a bunch of money every month.

    • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      There’s a big difference when its guaranteed over a period of time. Then you can actually feel justified in quitting whatever job you have since you know the money will keep coming in.

    • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      The entire US was given checks during the pandemic, did it make you lazy?

      I mean, I spent a year wearing sweat pants and hardly leaving my house.

        • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          It was a joke… I was still working full time, just from home. And I didn’t go anywhere because there was a pandemic going on and I didn’t want to be around people. But the fact that I was 100% in sweatpants and lounging around the house for a year did feel lazy, but had nothing to do with the checks coming in from the government.

          • pomodoro_longbreakEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Hey I take umbrage. Sweatpants are a vital part of attire for WFH / home gym enthusiasts, even post-lockdown.

    • Gigan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      Fuck yeah it did. I was making the same on unemployment as I would have being at work. I wanted to stay laid off.