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Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee by hcarvalhoalves on Sunday September 01, 2013 @03:14PM (#6311653)
> Now this has not been confirmed yed (the referendum is to be held in 2015). The goal is to put an end to the degrading controls forced upon people depending on welfare, and to balance the relationship between employers and employees - if you don't HAVE to work, you don't have to put up with abusive employers, low-paying slavery and the like

That's quite radical, but smart at the same time. It has the potential to weed out bad companies from the economy, which in the long run is beneficial. It shifts a lot of power to the employee though, so there's a risk in the long run it can create a bad workforce instead.

Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee by javert on Monday September 02, 2013 @12:21AM (#6313435)
There is no such thing as a "bad company."

Either a company is providing a good or service that people want enough to pay for, or it's not and it goes out of business. That's the market.

Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee by ihateloggingin on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:15PM (#6316624)
So... if a restaurant owner gets his rocks off by forcing the waitresses to blow him, that's fine as long as the place is profitable?