JasSmith

The right: “How come them lazy blacks get the same I get?!”

The left: “How come privileged whites get the same as black people?”

Great examples! Both of these would be popular narratives, and whoever wins would end up putting their thumb on the “UBI” scales.

I didn’t claim work is a requirement for QOL. Instead of addressing my comment, you’re hyper-focusing on a grammatical disagreement which is completely immaterial. Since you lack any substantive disagreement, I take this to mean you agree with my premise.

Couple’s therapy. Nothing is beyond salvage if you’re both dedicated to making it work. If you try your best and it doesn’t work out then you cant “what if” yourself later. All we can do is our best. Therapists know how to target the stuff which matters. It has helped my marriage immensely, and we were pretty rocky.

Controversial opinion:

Women SUCK at expressing their emotions in a clear way. Much more than men, despite the stereotype. Men will be direct about their needs. Women will not. They’ll communicate like they would with other women: with nuance and innuendo and subtlety. It flies right over our heads. Chances are she thinks she’s been “communicating” her needs to you for a long time, and is frustrated you’re “not listening.” The therapist will help her with her communication skills. You’ll probably be surprised by the things she’s thinking and feeling, and that’s all part of the process.

Good luck!

Don’t use Apple Maps. Use Google Maps. It gets it right far more often. I still haven’t forgiven Apple for sending me on a Sydney motorway toll road loop. I know Apple Maps looks better, but that’s useless if the directions aren’t reliable.

and then equated that with quality of life.

No I didn’t. It would help if you would just accept what I am telling you is my argument instead of weak-ass gotchas.

It’s not. Please re-read my comment.

This is not true, though it depends what you mean by “work.” For example, this study found no statistically significant increase in employment. UBI puts unconditional money in the hands of more people. That can be seen as a good thing in and off itself, but it has hardly proven to improve quality of life metrics across the board. Much more research is required for this.

I support UBI, but I think we are many decades away from public support. The reason is that any moves to implement it today will require a) huge tax increases, and b) blocking politicians buying welfare votes. The first is incredibly unpopular today. By the latter I mean that the current welfare system is a maze of tax credits, incentives, and election bribes. More money for special interest groups, or the disabled, or the elderly. One of the reasons UBI can work is stripping the HUGE administrative overhead from the system and giving every adult the exact same money. I just don’t think these special interest groups will accept this. They’ll demand their group be given more money. They’ll demand that parents be given more money, or the disabled, or the elderly. And politicians will acquiesce. Then we’re back to the same broken, corrupt welfare system but now it costs 5x as much.