Work isn't punishment. You get money for work. You need work for the economy and society to function in any way whatsoever.
Ok, so you have identified that the economy is not an execution of collective moral activity.
If there were a way to pay people to do nothing - would you be against that ? You DID use the term 'lazy' which is a moralistic take.
If there's no work or you can't get enough work my suggestions apply.
Ok. The devil is in the details about refusing "suitable" work but that exists today.
What if you 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.
If they don't - shouldn't we subsidize good music ? Hint: we do now.
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.
Interesting...
I am not disagreeing with you but simply exploring the edge cases of the principles (sound though they may be) that you have expounded on. Really just want to find out what the objections are to "free money" if they are not moral...
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