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Re:Seattle approves minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers by sokoloff on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:26PM (#24645831)
One of the strongest appeals to me of a sustenance level of UBI is that we could then abolish the destructive minimum wage laws that shut some people out of the workforce, preventing them from the pride that is inherent in a solid effort at a job and bettering their lives on their own.

Right now, if you can only create $7/hr of economic value, no employer can legally employ you for a regular job in a way that's profitable for them.

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Re:Seattle approves minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers by ksk on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:59PM (#24653344)
>Right now, if you can only create $7/hr of economic value, no employer can legally employ you for a regular job in a way that's profitable for them.

Sure, but its just a shifting of costs. Either the employer pays them the extra $ or the government taxes everyone and makes up the difference. It comes out of the economy in either case.

I think UBI is a great idea, but so is minimum wage, and so is welfare, etc, etc. They're are all great ideas intended to help people in tough conditions.

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