JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1316arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square245fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 months ago For example, restaurant probably aren’t possible if waiters and back of house are all paid 30/h. Somehow in every country other than the US they are able to pay restaurant staff a living wage.
Somehow in every country other than the US they are able to pay restaurant staff a living wage.