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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by malandrew on Thursday August 20, 2020 @07:18PM (#24230154)
Passing laws to eliminate crappy jobs doesn't magically make non-crappy jobs come into existence.

Unsure where UBI comes into the picture either since UBI also does not make non-crappy jobs magically come into existence.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by skybrian on Thursday August 20, 2020 @10:28PM (#24231361)
It doesn't solve anything, but having an income stream that's not connected with your job should help make crappy jobs livable, and also increase bargaining power for workers, due to having better alternatives.

Also, increased spending does tend to result in more jobs, at least in normal times.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by malandrew on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:53AM (#24232101)
Can you provide a specific fairly objective definition of what a "crappy" job is?

Is it just a job you don't like doing?

How does adding UBI address bargaining power beyond a temporary fix? Eventually prices will adjust to take into account the buying power of UBI. UBI will become the new baseline and people on UBI will lose the benefits of that buying power. Not denying that UBI won't provide a temporary fix, but there is nothing about UBI prevents the market from adjusting to take into account UBI.

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