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Re:Burrito Now, Pay Later by gruez on Monday May 12, 2025 @09:05AM (#43962485)
>However if we had universal basic income instead, and thus could scrap minimum wage, you might see the price of a burrito drop.

...at the expense of massive fiscal spending needed to fund the UBI in the first place.

Re:Burrito Now, Pay Later by int_19h on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @04:06AM (#43982109)
Start taxing capital gains properly and we'll have plenty to fund that.