Cory Morgan: I’ve Seen What State Dependency Does; Universal Basic Income Is No Path to Prosperity

Commentary The longer I sit, the lazier I get. For most of my career in the oil industry, my work was seasonal. I would work for months with only a handful of days off. When spring came or oil prices dropped, I found myself out of work for weeks or months at a time. For the first few weeks off, I would be active and productive. I would catch up on household tasks, visit friends and family, and take part in events. Slowly but surely, I would find myself getting up a little later, putting off tasks a little longer, and going out less often. After a couple of months out of work, I wasn’t letting the world fall apart around me but I was becoming less productive. My drinking would increase and my social relationships would be pressured. Then I would finally get another contract and get back into the field to get myself together. It would take a week or two to get into working mode again and that was after only a month or two off work. Imagine how it is once people have fallen into years of unemployment....