[arunkd13]

Employees should not depend on the government for their ability to walk away from a job. They should depend on real assets that help them live more self sufficiently outside of their employment. This should include family, friend and other forms of community ties.

[5ersi]

They would not really depend on "the government" as UBI would be codified in law and universally available, so government could not take UBI away from an individual or a group.

Also, we already depend on "the government" to make available (or protect) some pretty important stuff we depend on: rule of law, public safety, healthcare (in most developed countries), etc..

[bmitc]

> They should depend on real assets that help them live more self sufficiently outside of their employment.

That is simply an impossibility for the majority of people.

[ivalm]

But they factually don’t have these real assets and can’t gain them. This is why poverty can trap people.

[michaelmrose]

How is this working out in America today? Is there any reason it will ever work for half the nation?

[manigandham]

The power divide includes having this kind of support and real assets. You have to start somewhere.

[deelly]

Yes, this idea is so simple but sometime is so hard to grasp. Also, people should not kill each other.

[machiaweliczny]

Why not?