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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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Re: UBI - are you Aye or Nay?
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2022, 10:06:55 am »
Ok - well that's the big pushback on this idea obviously.

But the thing is - at SOME point - work will stop.  There will be virtually no work.  And that point won't come up immediately but gradually.  Until that point, work will gradually decline and that is where we are now.

People are saying - I take care of my grandma... I am important to my neighbourhood... I write music and play it on the corner for passers-by. 

Isn't that worth something ?

Of course I am picking easy examples for right-wing folks to potshot but try to empathize here that "work" is becoming more and more like "make work" and at some point we need to re-examine the concept of value and drop the "work as punishment" ethic.
Work isn't punishment.  You get money for work.  You need work for the economy and society to function in any way whatsoever.

If there's no work or you can't get enough work my suggestions apply.  Caregiver benefits are eligible under EI benefits right now and have been for many years.  "I am important to my neighbourhood" doesn't make any sense.  If you're a musician and like busking that's a job.  If anyone likes your music they'll pay you money to play.

What we maybe should think about is paying parents to raise their children before school age, and paying for caregiving the elderly.  What used to be "women's work" has real economic value and doesn't need to be done just by women.
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