A common question about universal basic income, or UBI, is how people spend the money, but early trials are showing promising results.
  • ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The point is that the government really shouldn’t have any say in which is which. I agree with you that gambling all your money away is a poor financial choice, but that doesn’t mean that I think we should ban gambling, because many people enjoy it responsibly. Teaching people financial literacy, and treating addictions is the solution, not policing how people use their UBI.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      but that doesn’t mean that I think we should ban gambling, because many people enjoy it responsibly

      More like because it’s an adult human’s right to be free. That is the point. Responsibly, irresponsibly, these are secondary concepts.