| vivster said: That is a given anyway but doesn't have anything to do with a basic income. The problem is higher education isn't for everyone. And not only that, being highly educated in a specialized field does not guarantee you a job in that field. Some fields are much needed but less desirable so even with free education students will choose the fields they want and not necessarily the fields that are needed. Free education is great but it does not solve all real world human problems. Right now we still have about the same amount of jobs as we have people but that will change in the future. So even if everyone had a university degree, not everyone would have work. |
This may sound messed up but if we want to achieve basic income then we should probably start dictating a person's occupation ...
I feel as if civilization is too optimized for 'happiness' rather than 'profit' which is a big detriment quality of life. If we ever want sustainable minimum guranteed living standards then labour needs to start matching demands, not the other way around ...
The only reason why the rich keeps amassing more wealth is cause there's too many poor suckers out there who trying to chase their own dreams instead of framing themselves as a net contributor to society ...
We would have a much better civilization if 70% of our population was either studying science/engineering (these specialties are always in demand since they either increase productivity or quality of life) or having occupation in those fields rather than just 30% of the population carrying the rest ...
If government has to be the one to provide then it's citizens need to start learning or training hard for these high paying professions and starting making a profit for a government to enable programs such as basic income, healthcare and social security ...
There has to be some sort of compromise if that's going to be the case ...
