Lee Corbin wrote:
>
> I'll go on record as guessing that if we switched over tomorrow
> to a GI of $10,000, without loss of other government benefits,
> a lot of people (who have had a rough day, or who hate their
> boss, or who are daunted at preparing their resume) would find
> a way to live on it, and that we'd have, say, about a third of
> the workforce quitting within five years. Sound too pessimistic?
>
Much too pessimisstic. At least until recently you could get
about the equivalent of that on welfare in the US (though
admittedly with a lot of hassle). You sure didn't see any large
number of people in a hurry to quit their jobs and live on such
an amount. So why believe they would if you simply removed the
red tape?
Do you hate what you do for a living enough to be tempted? Do
you think many people really do? When only 25% of even major
lottery winners decide to not seek any gainful work why on earth
would you think a whopping 25% would do it for something on the
order of $10000/yr?
- samantha
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