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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I support UBI. I just have issues with the claim that jobs in a capitalist system exist for a purpose other than generating profit for owners. I also resent the implication that some workers don't deserve a living wage. Without UBI, all jobs should pay at least enough to cover living expenses. If a full-time job (or job that expects full-time availability) doesn't pay enough to live on then it's not a job that needs doing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

My point is that it shouldn't be the government that decides what jobs should and shouldn't exist. A minimum wage essentially does just that, whereas UBI/NIT and eliminating minimum wage allows the market to decide what jobs are worth, and we just socialize the cost of some of those jobs (which totally makes sense for teenager jobs).

Let the market figure out the costs of things, and then have government step in to fill in the gaps.