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unconditional living wage Living wage is shifting the goalposts, anyway it’s a simple calculation, total welfare budget including benefits of all kinds divided

• notahacker 6y ago
  Whilst there might be disagreements over the actual calculation, both the idea of a living wage and a UBI revolve around the idea of providing an adequate subsistence income for an adult. But if we're determining welfare budget by dividing non-pension benefit spend by number of working age adults, the problem becomes that you're dividing around 130 billion by ~36 million, and whilst that's a welcome top up for some people, there are a lot of people who have just lost their housing benefit and disability benefit that won't be able to live on £4k a year...