Universal Basic Income Is Superior to a $15 Minimum Wage (2019)

Re:Universal Basic Income Is Superior to a $15 Minimum Wage ... by reader_mode on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:32AM (#25976318)

> I never heard a low-paid worker throw this argument. It always comes from people who have better jobs and more stable income

I grew up in dirt poor family of 6 in a post civil war country and my mother is a nurse - I'm very familiar with the realities of these jobs. I just know for a fact that if a nurse would start making 2x her salary a lot of people would suddenly not have access to assisted care. It's a shitty situation - but supply of cheap labor solves the problems of poor people - if you can't see that you're out of touch.

Rich and well off people will always have access - they already pay more anyway for quality.

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Re:Universal Basic Income Is Superior to a $15 Minimum Wage ... by gtsop on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:37PM (#26040304)

So your mother said that she wanted this low paying job because noone would do the job otherwise? I am trying to figure out how you are contradicting my argument that only people with better jobs propagate these things

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