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If all necessities were provided, what do you think would motivate people to work and innovate?

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 @9L6WBPMDemocrat from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

If everyone stops working, everything will start breaking down.

 @9L8CPY2 from Connecticut  disagreed…2yrs2Y

People have actually been shown to want still to work even in the presence of a UBI, and in this scenario, people can find something they are passionate about.

 @9L6WCDJ  from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

People would be more motivated to work and innovate if they first gained easier access to education to work in the fields they actually desire, rather than the path society inherently leads them through - which would be more productive.

 @9L8MHYH from Alabama  agreed…2yrs2Y

Sometimes people do not have the funds to go through college for the career they want to pursue, which leads them to a minimum wage job, or a job that isn't pleasing for them, making them dread working the job.

 @9L6WCDJ  from Texas  agreed…2yrs2Y

I agree - financial aid and scholarships are a great resource that lower-class citizens should be made more aware of.

 @9L6X24X  from Utah  answered…2yrs2Y

No, I don't. People need ownership of what they do and that in itself is an incentive. Capitalism incentivizes discovery, invention, and hard work. I don't know how they function on Star Trek, but their cashless, classless society is fictional.

 @9L6W9FHDemocrat from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

more pay or better opportunities to have lower taxes or bills

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Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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