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This was solved before - in 1946 - so the US could do it again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_guarantee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_guarantee
by uxcolumbo 6y ago
This was solved before - in 1946 - so the US could do it again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_guarantee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_guarantee
- imtringued 6y agoI've always wondered why there is no job guarantee today. Without it the minimum wage is worthless because employers can just deny you a job. It doesn't increase your bargaining power. It's the opposite. If you don't have enough bargaining power you don't get a job in the first place. A job guarantee fixes that.
- prewett 6y agoI didn't know about this, interesting. I definitely like it better than UBI, at least you get something for your money, plus people get the dignity of working and being productive. This seems like it would be a good way of (re)training people for skills that have become obsolete. I think a lot of the buildings and trails at the National Parks used the WPA (or similar) labor. People 90 years later are still benefiting.