| > Prices of essential services and goods would skyrocket Base the UBI on multiple economic indicators such as the prices of essential services and goods, add more money to the money supply as needed. > Opioids, UBI, and free-love for everyone. Yikes. So a lot of people live a simple life on the basic income and hang out getting stoned and screwing. Oh no! What's your hobby? What would you be doing if you didn't have to work for a living? Would you spend all your time getting stoned and doing the social maneuvering necessary to get laid on a regular basis? Or would you do something else with your time? Work on that programming project that's been on the back burner while you paid the bills, draw comics, join a comedy troupe, brew mead, figure out a way to automate something that drives you crazy, pick up the guitar you put down in favor of a sensible day job and start making music again... or whatever. Personally, when I had a few years free from needing to work for someone else, I mostly spent them drawing a weird sci-fi comic using the skills I'd developed while training for the animation industry. (The usual phrase, by the way, is "fully automated gay luxury space communism".) |