{"id":5757,"date":"2026-09-06T00:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2026-09-06T00:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:14:54","slug":"to-increase-labour-force-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/2026\/09\/06\/to-increase-labour-force-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"To Increase Labour Force Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US congressman Paul Ryan suggests that UBI should not be supported because it &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerRyan\/status\/2094441820742652306\">reduces labor force participation<\/a><\/em>&#8220;. Well news flash &#8211; unearned wealth of any kind also reduces labor force participation. So is Mr Ryan in favour of limiting or taxing away the major part  of all inheritances and gifts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerRyan\/status\/2094441820742652306\">Paul Ryan on X: &#8220;Proponents push Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a cure-all, but the data tells a different story. Recent trials show unconditional cash reduces labor force participation and earnings. Americans deserve better and that\u2019s what states can off<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US congressman Paul Ryan suggests that UBI should not be supported because it &#8220;reduces labor force participation&#8220;. Well news flash &#8211; unearned wealth of any kind also reduces labor force participation. So is Mr Ryan in favour of limiting or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/2026\/09\/06\/to-increase-labour-force-participation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5759,"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5757\/revisions\/5759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}