SankaranSpy [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhy is UBI not a good solution to poverty?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy is UBI not a good solution to poverty?SankaranSpy [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareVampire [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s a neoliberalisation of welfare. Take the weekly amount of money you get on the dole. Let’s say it’s 100, for the sake of the example. Say minimum wage is 200 a week. That means working instead of relaxing requires 100 extra to motivate the worker With normal welfare, the employer must pay the 200. With UBI the employer only has to pay 100, and the UBI pays the other 100 It’s a transfer of trillions from the taxpayer tp subsidise scabby employers.
It’s a neoliberalisation of welfare.
Take the weekly amount of money you get on the dole. Let’s say it’s 100, for the sake of the example.
Say minimum wage is 200 a week.
That means working instead of relaxing requires 100 extra to motivate the worker
With normal welfare, the employer must pay the 200. With UBI the employer only has to pay 100, and the UBI pays the other 100
It’s a transfer of trillions from the taxpayer tp subsidise scabby employers.