Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income
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SA98 is all "use less, get more." It's that simple. You can argue the "how" or that there really aren't that many idle people, that's one discussion. But all the talk of "people won't like it or it'll be so poor" is missing the boat.
The economic concept is one of "how to make everyone richer by removing waste without removing productivity." It is about making the global consumption much smaller, while making the actual economic value higher. Everyone wins, as long as we spread it out. And even spread out, the poor get way richer, and the rich get a little richer. There is no loser in the GBI SA98 approach.
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
GBI would need to be at a level where people can take vacations regularly - say, yearly to a foreign country or Disneyworld, etc... while still being at home watching TV, playing video games, watching TV, etc. Only by being at this level or higher will you start driving the demand for those 2% jobs down anywhere near 2% of the population.
Would it? The average person doesn't even begin to do that stuff today. And the idea of vacations is weird when you have no job to vacation from. Sure travel is nice, but the need for it goes way, way down. Especially since people are way more free to move around anyway.
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@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
GBI would need to be at a level where people can take vacations regularly - say, yearly to a foreign country or Disneyworld, etc... while still being at home watching TV, playing video games, watching TV, etc. Only by being at this level or higher will you start driving the demand for those 2% jobs down anywhere near 2% of the population.
Would it? The average person doesn't even begin to do that stuff today. And the idea of vacations is weird when you have no job to vacation from. Sure travel is nice, but the need for it goes way, way down. Especially since people are way more free to move around anyway.
Well, you're talking average across the globe, and I'm thinking more average across the US. So you have me there.
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
I would also expect an even larger migration to warm climates - again, all this free time, why not spend it at the beach? Sure, there will be people who prefer the cold/snow etc...
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
GBI would need to be at a level where people can take vacations regularly - say, yearly to a foreign country or Disneyworld, etc... while still being at home watching TV, playing video games, watching TV, etc. Only by being at this level or higher will you start driving the demand for those 2% jobs down anywhere near 2% of the population.
Would it? The average person doesn't even begin to do that stuff today. And the idea of vacations is weird when you have no job to vacation from. Sure travel is nice, but the need for it goes way, way down. Especially since people are way more free to move around anyway.
Well, you're talking average across the globe, and I'm thinking more average across the US. So you have me there.
US is famously one of the least likely to travel countries in the world. Even of those affluent enough to travel, almost none have passports!
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
Current trends say the opposite. Americans are amongst the least traveled people in the world, while having the most capacity.
And things like amusement parks are not travel, those are typically local. But very expensive. Much more expensive than travel.
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@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
Current trends say the opposite. Americans are amongst the least traveled people in the world, while having the most capacity.
And things like amusement parks are not travel, those are typically local. But very expensive. Much more expensive than travel.
Interesting - I wonder if it's the lack of access - i.e. the perception of our easy to travel neighbors is that of 3rd world countries, undesirable locations. Our northern neighbor is basically USA Jr, and I'm not aware of any thing really cool in Canada that are must see things for me personally. So I don't really consider it that fair to judge US citizens compared to the rest of the world.
If you live in Europe - you can travel so easily - no passport - and cheaply (compared to flying from the US to Europe - now sure, if you live in a major international airport city, flights can be more reasonable, but still not cheap) and in general is like 2-3 hour flight, not 6 hour min.
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
Current trends say the opposite. Americans are amongst the least traveled people in the world, while having the most capacity.
And things like amusement parks are not travel, those are typically local. But very expensive. Much more expensive than travel.
Interesting - I wonder if it's the lack of access - i.e. the perception of our easy to travel neighbors is that of 3rd world countries, undesirable locations. Our northern neighbor is basically USA Jr, and I'm not aware of any thing really cool in Canada that are must see things for me personally. So I don't really consider it that fair to judge US citizens compared to the rest of the world.
If you live in Europe - you can travel so easily - no passport - and cheaply (compared to flying from the US to Europe - now sure, if you live in a major international airport city, flights can be more reasonable, but still not cheap) and in general is like 2-3 hour flight, not 6 hour min.
So... given that... and knowing that in the EU you can go to SO many countries without needing a passport, isn't it super shocking that Europeans get passports so much more often than Americans do? You made my point for me, Europeans don't need passports to see country after country, one safe place after another, unlimited history and culture and food. Yet they do, constantly, go abroad. Americans need a passport to do anything, yet almost never do.
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@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
Current trends say the opposite. Americans are amongst the least traveled people in the world, while having the most capacity.
And things like amusement parks are not travel, those are typically local. But very expensive. Much more expensive than travel.
Interesting - I wonder if it's the lack of access - i.e. the perception of our easy to travel neighbors is that of 3rd world countries, undesirable locations. Our northern neighbor is basically USA Jr, and I'm not aware of any thing really cool in Canada that are must see things for me personally. So I don't really consider it that fair to judge US citizens compared to the rest of the world.
If you live in Europe - you can travel so easily - no passport - and cheaply (compared to flying from the US to Europe - now sure, if you live in a major international airport city, flights can be more reasonable, but still not cheap) and in general is like 2-3 hour flight, not 6 hour min.
So... given that... and knowing that in the EU you can go to SO many countries without needing a passport, isn't it super shocking that Europeans get passports so much more often than Americans do? You made my point for me, Europeans don't need passports to see country after country, one safe place after another, unlimited history and culture and food. Yet they do, constantly, go abroad. Americans need a passport to do anything, yet almost never do.
No, it's not shocking - Americans are attached to all their stuff - Europeans are more about experiences, at least from my exposure... So Americans are willing to travel short distances for low fees, where Europeans are more likely willing to spend more on flights, etc to get over here or anywhere a passport is needed.
And who said anything about the need for a passport? You brought that up. I personally love to get out to other countries, but most people I know have and do travel around the US, so no passport is required.
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
Current trends say the opposite. Americans are amongst the least traveled people in the world, while having the most capacity.
And things like amusement parks are not travel, those are typically local. But very expensive. Much more expensive than travel.
Interesting - I wonder if it's the lack of access - i.e. the perception of our easy to travel neighbors is that of 3rd world countries, undesirable locations. Our northern neighbor is basically USA Jr, and I'm not aware of any thing really cool in Canada that are must see things for me personally. So I don't really consider it that fair to judge US citizens compared to the rest of the world.
If you live in Europe - you can travel so easily - no passport - and cheaply (compared to flying from the US to Europe - now sure, if you live in a major international airport city, flights can be more reasonable, but still not cheap) and in general is like 2-3 hour flight, not 6 hour min.
So... given that... and knowing that in the EU you can go to SO many countries without needing a passport, isn't it super shocking that Europeans get passports so much more often than Americans do? You made my point for me, Europeans don't need passports to see country after country, one safe place after another, unlimited history and culture and food. Yet they do, constantly, go abroad. Americans need a passport to do anything, yet almost never do.
No, it's not shocking - Americans are attached to all their stuff - Europeans are more about experiences, at least from my exposure... So Americans are willing to travel short distances for low fees, where Europeans are more likely willing to spend more on flights, etc to get over here or anywhere a passport is needed.
And who said anything about the need for a passport? You brought that up. I personally love to get out to other countries, but most people I know have and do travel around the US, so no passport is required.
The point was that Americans don't have passports. The ratio is super low, even though we need them for even the tiniest thing. But Europeans broadly have them, even though they can spend a lifetime traveling and not need one.
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The U.S. is more "Live-to-work" where as most other places are more "Work-to-live".
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@Obsolesce said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
The U.S. is more "Live-to-work" where as most other places are more "Work-to-live".
Why do you say that? Give me examples of people living to work instead of the opposite.
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@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Perhaps traveling desires will go way down in a generation or two, but I think for now - Americans at least would very likely want to spend as much time as possible traveling, etc. Why be idle (or hobbying at home) when you can be at an amusement park? or out seeing things you've never seen before?
Current trends say the opposite. Americans are amongst the least traveled people in the world, while having the most capacity.
And things like amusement parks are not travel, those are typically local. But very expensive. Much more expensive than travel.
Interesting - I wonder if it's the lack of access - i.e. the perception of our easy to travel neighbors is that of 3rd world countries, undesirable locations. Our northern neighbor is basically USA Jr, and I'm not aware of any thing really cool in Canada that are must see things for me personally. So I don't really consider it that fair to judge US citizens compared to the rest of the world.
If you live in Europe - you can travel so easily - no passport - and cheaply (compared to flying from the US to Europe - now sure, if you live in a major international airport city, flights can be more reasonable, but still not cheap) and in general is like 2-3 hour flight, not 6 hour min.
So... given that... and knowing that in the EU you can go to SO many countries without needing a passport, isn't it super shocking that Europeans get passports so much more often than Americans do? You made my point for me, Europeans don't need passports to see country after country, one safe place after another, unlimited history and culture and food. Yet they do, constantly, go abroad. Americans need a passport to do anything, yet almost never do.
No, it's not shocking - Americans are attached to all their stuff - Europeans are more about experiences, at least from my exposure... So Americans are willing to travel short distances for low fees, where Europeans are more likely willing to spend more on flights, etc to get over here or anywhere a passport is needed.
And who said anything about the need for a passport? You brought that up. I personally love to get out to other countries, but most people I know have and do travel around the US, so no passport is required.
The point was that Americans don't have passports. The ratio is super low, even though we need them for even the tiniest thing. But Europeans broadly have them, even though they can spend a lifetime traveling and not need one.
So what? If their chances of using it are low why do they have them? Because they are free or near free? Because it serves as their normal ID?
Your point might have been that they have more than US citizens do, but so what? I didn’t say anything about passport based travel, you brought that up after my generic travel comments.
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Obsolesce said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
The U.S. is more "Live-to-work" where as most other places are more "Work-to-live".
Why do you say that? Give me examples of people living to work instead of the opposite.
Everywhere.
https://20somethingfinance.com/american-hours-worked-productivity-vacation/
http://time.com/4620759/european-american-work-life-balance/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/sep/07/america-vacation-workaholic-culture-labor-day
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@Obsolesce said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
The U.S. is more "Live-to-work" where as most other places are more "Work-to-live".
Why do you say that? Give me examples of people living to work instead of the opposite.
Almost everyone? The only point in their life is to get a job and make babies. Not even in that order often.
I work to live the life I want. I move from jobs to new ones and make my life better.
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The US is the one of only two countries in the developed world, the other being Mexico, where with the increase in free time brought about by modern conveniences throughout the 20th century didn't turn it into leisure time but instead went to more work time.
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Your point might have been that they have more than US citizens do, but so what? I didn’t say anything about passport based travel, you brought that up after my generic travel comments.
Because you need a passport to GO somewhere else in the US. What are you missing? You were saying that Americans need to travel. But we know that isn't true, Americans are the least traveling large group around. And many that travel do so against their "will" for work or family obligations, not out of a desire to actually leave home.
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@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Because you need a passport to GO somewhere else in the US.
You do? Since when do you need a passport to travel between states in the US? I'm going to Chicago next week - I don't plan to take my passport.
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I think Americans don't travel (passport or no passport) because they'd rather have stuff than experiences. It's a cultural difference.
LOL - sometimes I wish my house would burn down so it would be easy for me to let go of all of my possessions. I'm definitely not immune to the typical American attitude of collecting stuffs... though in the past 5 years, I've definitely cut way back, and even sold some stuff - but I have a long way to go.
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@Dashrender said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Guaranteed Basic Income:
Because you need a passport to GO somewhere else in the US.
You do? Since when do you need a passport to travel between states in the US? I'm going to Chicago next week - I don't plan to take my passport.
Next year there are quite a few states that will if you're traveling by air.
For instance the US government will require NY residents to have an enhanced license or carry their passports around to travel by air to anywhere in the US. I believe that Pennsylvania, California, and a few others will be in the same boat. You can get the older, cheaper, non-RealID compliant license but you won't be able to fly interstate with it.
