Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage
by Overtonwindow on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:49PM
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I think the federal government and the states should reduce the tax burden on corporations that hire the disabled. For every disabled person you hire, your tax bill is lowered that much more. If 15% of your workforce is physically or mentally disabled, your state tax is zero. That would incentivize corporations to hire more disabled.
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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage
by kough on Monday April 04, 2016 @05:01PM
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All you're arguing is for a decrease in the cost of hiring from a specific labor pool, which is exactly what the government has already done by allowing companies to hire disabled workers for below the minimum wage.
Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage
by tamana on Monday April 04, 2016 @06:15PM
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Why bother? Corporations can hire the abled, and government can support the disabled. If disabled are the only available workforce and a corporation needs work done, corporations can pay the disabled (high) market rates.
And, you know, of they are doing useful work, maybe they aren't relevantly "disabled" to deserve a lower wage