>How do you guarantee a non-terrible job to people with minimal skills? Don't overwork them, don't be unreasonable towards them, don't disrespect them and pay

>How do you guarantee a non-terrible job to people with minimal skills? Don't overwork them, don't be unreasonable towards them, don't disrespect them and pay them a living wage to do some sort of meaningful work (e.g. care work). This isn't that hard. The US has done it before. >And how do you finance it? There's a hundred different ways. >With a UBI you don't have to pay as much You have to pay more because it goes to everybody instead of just the unemployed and you don't get anything in return for that money. >What if 85% of people choose the "basic job" That's kind of like asking "what if programmers all gave up their jobs at once to become cleaners?". > the only way to change that is to either make the "basic job" degrading A "basic job" can establish a floor on job quality and wages. Private employers will respond to this market force by paying more and treating people better and they will complain bitterly about it.