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it's a matter of motivation (quokk.au)

submitted 2 days ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

With UBI, it doesn't mean there aren't any jobs at all. It means that you need to incentivise people with enough money that they actually want to do that job. Better than the alternative of paying someone a poverty wage so they can try to keep a roof over their head.