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UBI is sold to us as a pipe dream by people who will fight tooth and nail to prevent the minimum wage from being raised. It's also not a particularly new idea.
by pydry 3y ago
UBI is sold to us as a pipe dream by people who will fight tooth and nail to prevent the minimum wage from being raised.
It's also not a particularly new idea. The Roman empire had UBI in the form of Cura Annonae.
- danpalmer 3y agoReally? Thinking of all the people I know personally who think UBI is a good idea, I think all of them would say raising minimum wages is also a good idea. There may be a few fiscally conservative influencers pushing the idea (sama?), but among regular people I think it's only those who strongly support spending on social security, worker rights, minimum wages, etc, who support it.
- pydry 3y agoIm talking about the billionaires who talk about how theoretically great this idea is, not the receptacles for their propaganda. If it became politically feasible theyd quickly sour on the idea. However, pipe dreams are a-ok - they arent inflationary.
- orangecat 3y agoUBI is sold to us as a pipe dream by people who will fight tooth and nail to prevent the minimum wage from being raised. If there's a UBI, why do you need a minimum wage? A UBI gives people negotiating power to decline unfairly low wages, because they don't have to face homelessness or hunger if they're not working.
- pydry 3y agoIndeed there are many different kinds of political pipe dreams that would negate the need for a minimum wage.