Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama
by sokoloff on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:26PM
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People whose marginal tax rates would be reduced by the implementation of a UBI are probably not hiring maids either before or after the implementation of UBI.
Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama
by AnthonyMouse on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:48PM
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It's not the employer, it's the maid.
To get the maid to show up, you have to cause their bank balance to increase by at least $10, after taxes. If the government is taking 80% of what you pay them away in food, housing and education assistance, you have to pay $50 to get them their $10. Get their real marginal rate down to 40% and you can pay $20 while they enjoy a surplus of $2.
Meanwhile at the top the difference would be less than an increase from 40% to 60% because the UBI is replacing all of these other programs which would no longer have to be funded, or could be made strict alternatives to the UBI which would make the UBI less expensive.