JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square246fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1323arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 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.