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Too lazy to work? Or the economy can only support 100k jobs when we have 100 million people? Eventually the latter will be true.
by softawre 10y ago
Too lazy to work? Or the economy can only support 100k jobs when we have 100 million people? Eventually the latter will be true.
- danielweber 10y agoThere is plenty of work to be done. When people talk about only having a limited number of jobs, I hear "tremendous waste." Don't fix that TV, throw it away. Don't bother sorting out the recyclables, throw it all away. Don't clean that, throw it away.
- skeltoac 10y agoThat work is not done because it does not create enough economic value to provide a living. People can't afford to do low-paying work. BI makes low-paying work affordable, so more people will do it, which will benefit all.
- danielweber 10y agoHow does that happen? People's reservation wage goes up with income, not down. I used to think that a BI would work, ten years ago, well before the current craze. But it was wishful thinking that I had never been challenged on. We do know that an EITC or NIT increases work hours. It would make a lot of things that are wasteful economically viable for both parties.