Nobody is talking about giving you 50k and free housing. You would likely receive much closer to 15k (federal poverty level) and free housing (if any) would likely not be in a ski town. Good luck affording food and rent in a ski town, plus enough video games to keep you busy all year on 15k.
You might quit your full time job, but you would probably find some part-time programming work you enjoyed to allow you to afford good snowboards, new video games, and trips to other ski towns.
Disclaimer: I am currently doing part-time freelance work and living in a ski town.
Plus, if you truly love programming, you would still want to work on side projects and assist with open source development that you find interesting or valuable.
Nobody disputes that there are lazy people who wouldn't work if given UBI. The questions are:
1) How many of these lazy people are there?
2) How much economic output is wasted by employers trying to filter these lazy people out of their workforce.
3) How much economic output is wasted by the systems employers have to create to force the lazy people they do hire to be productive.
4) How much economic output can we gain by giving non-lazy people a safety net that allows them to find ideal vocations for their talents and preferences.
You might quit your full time job, but you would probably find some part-time programming work you enjoyed to allow you to afford good snowboards, new video games, and trips to other ski towns.
Disclaimer: I am currently doing part-time freelance work and living in a ski town.
Plus, if you truly love programming, you would still want to work on side projects and assist with open source development that you find interesting or valuable.
Nobody disputes that there are lazy people who wouldn't work if given UBI. The questions are:
1) How many of these lazy people are there?
2) How much economic output is wasted by employers trying to filter these lazy people out of their workforce.
3) How much economic output is wasted by the systems employers have to create to force the lazy people they do hire to be productive.
4) How much economic output can we gain by giving non-lazy people a safety net that allows them to find ideal vocations for their talents and preferences.