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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. If there's a UBI, why do you need a mi
by orangecat 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.
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.