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Oh look, more asshole libertarian scare tactics. The solution isn't to force people to work shitty jobs for even less pay. If our productivity is high enough p
by homulilly 12y ago
Oh look, more asshole libertarian scare tactics. The solution isn't to force people to work shitty jobs for even less pay.
If our productivity is high enough people don't need to work we should provide basic income, not artificially force people to work so they don't starve to death.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago> If our productivity The word "our" is misplaced in this sentence. The companies that purchase the labor own the productivity of the labor. If their productivity is high enough, they will simply buy less labor. Do you have anything to sell other than labor? > we should provide basic income No matter how you slice it, there's not enough money. You end up being able to give each adult in the US a couple thousand a year. If you try for more, you strangle the economy so effectively that it can't afford the robots that are supposed to pay for everything.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoHow does giving money to people, no strings attached "strangles the economy"? What do they think they will do with basic income? They will buy things, which by definition is an economic stimulus.
- homulilly 12y ago> The word "our" is misplaced in this sentence. wat. I don't buy the idea that increased efficiency automatically means lower quality of life. That's a pretty narrow (not to mention twisted) worldview. > No matter how you slice it, there's not enough money. A basic living wage would be cheaper than all our other low-efficiency, high overhead social programs with the added bonus of giving the recipients money to put back into the economy. I don't agree that there's not enough money. On the other hand, making workers so poor that can't afford to actually buy anything is pretty much the worst thing you can do for an economy.