If we put jobs underneath a microscope, we see they're comprised to varying degrees of income, work, purpose, and security.
Once we realize this, it's that much easier to understand that what we need isn't jobs themselves, but what they're supposed to provide us.
#BasicIncome
Once we realize this, it's that much easier to understand that what we need isn't jobs themselves, but what they're supposed to provide us.
#BasicIncome
An unconditional basic income not only provides the income component of jobs directly, but it also better enables the earning of additional income, especially compared to welfare programs that punish the earning of additional income through withdrawal of conditional benefits.
Unconditional basic income better enables all forms of work by recognizing and making possible unpaid work as an option currently reserved only for those who can afford the option. UBI creates more work choices, and allows people to choose the work that's the best fit for them.
Unconditional basic income enables a more purpose-driven life where everyone is better able to decide for themselves what is a meaningful use of their time and what isn't. A society organized around obtaining money to live is not a purpose-driven society. It's a preoccupied one.
Unconditional basic income also provides the security component of jobs that's increasingly missing from them in today's world of work as well-paid careers give way to working-poverty gigs. The importance of the security UBI provides can't be overstated.
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