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how's that fair if you have person a working in a callcenter for slightly better pay than person b working at McDonalds. Person A makes 20k, person B makes 10k
by gremlinsinc 9y ago
how's that fair if you have person a working in a callcenter for slightly better pay than person b working at McDonalds.
Person A makes 20k, person B makes 10k. Both work pretty shitty jobs -- I wouldn't want either.. Both work the same hours. No more jobs exist for Person A's job, so Person B couldn't rise up to their level if they wanted to.
GBI works because everybody gets it -- so nobody feels like they're getting special treatment, nobody feels like they're on welfare (which causes a mental stigma to begin with) and the goal is simply to cover average rents and maybe some food. Everyone should have food and a roof.
Your plan also doesn't account for what happens when all the jobs for both A and B close down because of automation which is the whole point for why we're discussing GBI more and more anyways.
- tylerhou 9y agoI'm pretty sure the person you replied to was being satirical.
- ryanwaggoner 9y agoI’m not sure why: a NIT has some advantages relative to UBI.