what if that's an unrealistic goal
I don't understand what that means. You'll never be able to get everyone off unemployment into a job; you'll surely be able to get some people off unemployment into a job.
The whole point of UBI is that it's a lot easier to get people into jobs if you let them keep their 'welfare' at the same time
This is entirely not obvious to me, given that the motivation to go get a job will be less.
This is entirely not obvious to me, given that the motivation to go get a job will be less.
Not sure what you mean. If you can have a paying job and some of your 'welfare' on top of it, the incentive is obviously greater than if getting a paying job meant giving up all welfare. This matters, especially for low-paying jobs which are the kinds welfare recipients are most likely to get.
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