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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by atom_arranger on Sunday September 05, 2021 @05:45PM (#28428115)
If UBI is implemented we may be able to do away with minimum wage, at which point small businesses could possibly offer better (more interesting, less stressful) working conditions for less money, it’s possible people might go for that.

Right now companies must make $X per employee per hour. If their business cannot do that it’s deemed that it’s not productive enough and should not exist.

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by kodah on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:07PM (#28429280)
Agreed, that is a possible future, but it also depends on not raising taxes for already cash strapped SMB's and bankrolling those efforts with large corporations and high income earners who have lots of capital to fight those initiatives.
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