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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by maxerickson on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:24AM (#22027066)
The typical low wage job is meant to (using your term) build wealth for the employer.
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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by rexreed on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:26AM (#22027092)
That is often the case. The function of the low wage job is for the benefit of the employer, not the employee. The function of UBI is neither to build wealth for the individual nor the economy as a whole. Wealth still becomes concentrated with the smaller pool of individuals in control of resources and means of production.
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