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Then the garbage job would start paying $66k a year.
by lifeformed 6y ago
Then the garbage job would start paying $66k a year.
- bob33212 6y agoThe problem is that we don't know how many people have no interest in working at all at any salary. Some people would choose to not work than to get paid 62k a year at a job they hate. People who oppose UBI are afraid that no one will fill jobs that they think are essential.
- yelloweyes 6y agoUBI is not about "not working". It's about "here's some basic money so you don't have to worry every day about starving to death". Want to wear clean clothes everyday and drive a car? You're gonna have to work.
- brosirmandude 6y agoThis is the point right here. Every reaction to UBI discussions immediately assume UBI is trying to replace all income, which is very much not the idea. It's a floor for society.
- bob33212 6y agoWe currently have a floor (SNAP and food stamps, food banks, and soup kitchens, homeless shelters). UBI is about more than not starving.
- lifeformed 6y agoThose floors are still pretty low as they don't cover housing. UBI is like, a food, shelter, and health floor.
- bob33212 6y agoExactly, UBI gives the people an option not to work, but still survive