Re:Universal basic income to be tested in Wales
by chii on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:31AM
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> lying to themselves that what they provide is of great value to society simply because it is compensated well?
high compensation doesn't require that it is valuable to society - only that it's valuable to the person paying the compensation!
And whether the person paying (aka, an employer) is getting value for money is irrelevant. If they are not getting value for money, they will eventually bankrupt. The invisible hand and all that.
> easily support the needs ... with just a fraction of the workers we have
so you would usurp the labour of those fraction of workers, so that the rest can live off it, work-free? Why would those fraction of workers agree to such exploitation? What's in it for them?
high compensation doesn't require that it is valuable to society - only that it's valuable to the person paying the compensation!
And whether the person paying (aka, an employer) is getting value for money is irrelevant. If they are not getting value for money, they will eventually bankrupt. The invisible hand and all that.
> easily support the needs ... with just a fraction of the workers we have
so you would usurp the labour of those fraction of workers, so that the rest can live off it, work-free? Why would those fraction of workers agree to such exploitation? What's in it for them?