• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Even beyond that, UBI gives excuses for employers to reduces raises. It only works when coupled with other programs and regulations, that are flexible but strong, then continually updated and tweaked by a government inhabited by people operating in good faith and have a vested interest in keeping it running as it should be.

    Absolutely none of which can ever be guaranteed.

    Basically, I wouldn’t ever want to be stuck in world where Republicans control Congress when UBI is vital to my livelihood.

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      1 year ago

      No company operating in a capitalist system has ever needed an excuse to raise prices. That’s not how it works at all.

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      Imagine getting a raise because of the quality of your work and not because if you don’t you can’t afford to live