JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1321arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoI’ve got one for you chicken: https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-industrial-egg-producers-price-hikes-are-suspiciously-high-and-federal-government-should-help-rein-in-unfair-market-practices
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoYeah there are like a handful of companies that control egg distribution. That’s the kind of scenario where a price fixing cartel can work.
I’ve got one for you chicken:
https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-industrial-egg-producers-price-hikes-are-suspiciously-high-and-federal-government-should-help-rein-in-unfair-market-practices
Yeah there are like a handful of companies that control egg distribution. That’s the kind of scenario where a price fixing cartel can work.