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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by pixl97 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @02:28PM (#25239817)
>You’re saying Amazon should keep paying wages so people can use those wages to shop at Amazon

This is exactly the idea behind UBI so the economy doesn't collapse under the pressure of millions of unemployed and unemployable.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by crispyporkbites on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:52AM (#25244099)
UBI comes from taxes collected from across the state/country. It’s not a private industry thing.

There’s no way any company would pay wages to employees under the premise that it will keep their company afloat because they’ll spend the money they just gave them on their goods. Why not just not give them the money in the first place.

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