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Re:Most US jobs created since 2005 are not conventional full... by Aloha on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:28PM (#15553311)
We need guaranteed minimum income, its the most freedom enhancing way of solving these problems. Give people cash, give them financial literacy training, the rest ought to work out okay.
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Re:Most US jobs created since 2005 are not conventional full... by Density on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:23PM (#15554410)
This solution also sidesteps the atrocious incentives of unemployment payouts.

You might be making more from unemployment than by working a min wage job so why take it?

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Re:Most US jobs created since 2005 are not conventional full... by Aloha on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @07:29PM (#15555188)
Most states do not require you to take the first job that comes along - you are only required to take that if you have tried and cannot otherwise find work
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