UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The entire US was given checks during the pandemic, did it make you lazy?

    I mean, I spent a year wearing sweat pants and hardly leaving my house.

    • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Because you were rolling in checks or because it was unhealthy to do so? Having worked full-time and part time as a freelancer, job burnout and needing recovery isn't laziness.

      • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        It was a joke… I was still working full time, just from home. And I didn't go anywhere because there was a pandemic going on and I didn't want to be around people. But the fact that I was 100% in sweatpants and lounging around the house for a year did feel lazy, but had nothing to do with the checks coming in from the government.