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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by turtlecloud on Saturday September 21, 2019 @04:00PM (#21037571)
With UBI that should remove the lazy ones who are stuck in those type of positions.
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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by zaroth on Saturday September 21, 2019 @10:30PM (#21039263)
Why? When they can pocket the UBI and also get paid to fuck around and be protected from getting fired?

More generally, UBI cannot possibly solve for a scenario where people are being dramatically overpaid and there’s no way to correct it.

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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by ci5er on Saturday September 21, 2019 @06:18PM (#21038232)
Society pays for those who won't work? Nice promo material!
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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by cortesoft on Saturday September 21, 2019 @08:08PM (#21038753)
We pay for them in some way or the other... they either are on public assistance or end up in jail. We pay either way.
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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by kortilla on Sunday September 22, 2019 @02:26PM (#21042978)
No, UBI is paying for people who already work and receive nothing. We’re not “paying either way”.
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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by ci5er on Saturday September 21, 2019 @08:12PM (#21038764)
You have a preference?
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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by cortesoft on Saturday September 21, 2019 @09:07PM (#21038975)
I prefer a basic income.
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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by ci5er on Saturday September 21, 2019 @09:16PM (#21039012)
Pay criminals not to work? Somehow I don't think this is good PR...

I don't disagree, but I don't know know if this is how the case needs to be made...

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Re:Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contrac... by taneq on Saturday September 21, 2019 @10:23PM (#21039239)
Probably better that society pays them to sit on the couch at home than that we force them to pollute workplaces that would otherwise get more and higher quality work done.
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