Posted on 08/23/2020 10:20:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A group of people are to receive €1,200 “universal basic income” per month for three years in a new German study.
Germany is launching a new trial to find out how universal basic income affects the attitude and lives of those who receive it.
As part of the Pilotprojekt Grundeinkommen (Basic Income Pilot Project) study, 120 people will receive €1,200 each month for three years. Researchers will compare their experiences with another group of 1,380 people who will not receive the cash. […]
The aim is to gain a scientific understanding on how people’s behavior and attitudes change when they receive money regularly without conditions, reported Spiegel who interviewed DIW researcher Jürgen Schupp.
Do those who receive it become lazy, or creative? Do they shorten their working hours or give up their jobs altogether? Do they use the extra time and money only for themselves, or do they get involved with communities for the benefit of society? …
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“Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?” - the Socialist motto.
Because it worked so well in Finland.
Meanwhile they dont pay their bills to NATO.
Don’t they already have this for their Muslim guests?
“You missed the part where “the government will agree to pay when you when you volunteer for sterilization”.”
I kinda like that. I think WE should do it for anybody (male or female) who wants to receive welfare. That and eliminating the minimum wage would go a long way towards restoring some sorely missing virtues in our rotting culture.
Think of all the “unwanted” pregnancies that will disappear. Think of the money saved on welfare. Think of how many “jobs that Americans won’t do” suddenly americans will do. Think how many fewer kids will live a life of misery in broken households. Think how much less juvenile delinquency there will be. And lastly think how much more virtuous a population we will have.
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