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UBI mostly removes the need for laws to protect workers from exploitation. This includes sex workers.
by petermcneeley 7y ago
UBI mostly removes the need for laws to protect workers from exploitation. This includes sex workers.
- aidenn0 7y agoUBI, by itself, doesn't even eliminate poverty: consider the simple case of where the payments on your debts equal your UBI. You are now exactly as badly off as someone with no debts and no income. The same is true for people who have medical needs in excess of that covered by UBI, but no (or insufficient) health insurance.
- petermcneeley 7y agoYou are correct. I should have added "in Canada".
- groby_b 7y agoYou could've just said "in the civilized world".
- drcross 7y ago"In first world countries" probably covers it, if slightly risqué.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoThat was already the jab of the comment you replied to.
- wahern 7y agoI suppose it depends on your country, but in the U.S. your income would never be garnished to the point that you couldn't afford basic living expenses. Most UBI schemes pay below the poverty level, which means it's unlikely your UBI payments would ever be taken to pay down debt. IOW, you're absolutely better off with UBI and massive debt than you are with no UBI and no debt.
- aidenn0 7y agoGP suggested that UBI would make exploitation of workers a non-issue, so I assume we are talking at least a subsistence level of UBI.
- belorn 7y agoHere in Sweden there is a rule that dictate that local government must provide housing, food, healthcare and education to all people officially living in their region. This rule sits above any potential conditions that they want to impose. This does not mean workers do not get exploited, or that people won't take jobs they don't want to do in order to escape bare minimum of living.
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- chillacy 7y agoUBI certainly helps but I can't see it completely removing laws which protect workers. Unless the UBI was so much money that I didn't have to work.