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Basic income means nobody is in a position where they will do menial work which nobody else will. Paying more for those jobs means competing with like-paying jo
by ctdonath 13y ago
Basic income means nobody is in a position where they will do menial work which nobody else will. Paying more for those jobs means competing with like-paying jobs of a far more desirable character. You ready for custodial labor to cost several times more? suddenly employers can't spend nearly as much for more advanced work because basic sanitation (and other menial but needed work) is suddenly far more costly.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> Basic income means nobody is in a position where they will do menial work which nobody else will. This unsubstantiated assumption is the problem with your argument.
- ctdonath 13y agoLots of people face the choice: harvest fields under harsh conditions, or don't eat. You're suggesting giving them food which won't be harvested because they won't have an incentive to harvest it. Yes that's a contradiction - that's the problem with your argument.
- glomph 13y agoYes I am ready for that. Wage slavery is wrong if there is a viable alternative.
- ctdonath 13y agoThen triple your custodian's pay already. Nothing's stopping you from doing the right thing.