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Yet another reason why the minimum/living wage treadmill isn't the right solution, and labor activist should push more seriously for UBI. The fact of the matter
by LordDragonfang 2y ago
Yet another reason why the minimum/living wage treadmill isn't the right solution, and labor activist should push more seriously for UBI. The fact of the matter is that many people's labor isn't worth a living wage, and especially not for ethical working conditions.
The goal of every job paying enough to be comfortable is missing the forest for the trees, because it will always fail to account for the cost of the stress of working, and always be at odds with safety. The actual goal should be that people should be able to survive comfortably no matter their ability to get a "good" job, because as we automate more, it's just a simple fact that "good" jobs will continue to get harder to come by.
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoAbsolutely this. Rather than having minimum wage be $15, UBI should be $15/hour, and then there need be no floor for the amount on top of that that employers are allowed to pay for labor. (Probably there will be a floor to what laborers will accept, because of how much less desperate they will be, resulting in a higher wage share of income overall, and generally reduced wealth inequality across society).