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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by AngryData on Thursday July 17, 2025 @09:55PM (#44600403)
Or it could give those people a reasonable bargaining position for their labor and they will be able to demand better wages or hours which would attract more people into those industries.
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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by pj_mukh on Friday July 18, 2025 @01:18AM (#44601457)
Nurses deserve more money than we can give them but their salaries are around $100K and Hospital Margins are 5%. So yea, UBI-style, the government pretty much just has to print the money to hand to the nurses to get them more money.
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