(November 14, 2014 at 4:42 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(November 12, 2014 at 7:10 pm)Heywood Wrote: In my opinion.....Brian are out to screw the poor. You are out to screw the poor because you want to use a governmental rag bag of programs to control the lives of the poor.Like a "universal basic income"?
Quote: You are out to screw the poor because you want to impose minimum wages-Like a "basic universal income"?
Quote:which will price the labor of some poor people out of the market and lock others into jobs they hate.Yeah.........like a "basic universal income".
A universal basic income gives people money....no strings attached. it is not an attempt to control peoples lives the way our current rag bag of government programs does. It does not require a network of social workers to "spy" on the poor to see that they are using their benefits "wisely".
A universal basic income does not prohibit a person from selling their labor for a price they agree upon. The ex-con can underbid the non-excon and actually have a shot at landing a job. After they work it for a while and prove their worth, they can demand higher pay and/or find a better job using their established good job history.
A universal income doesn't screw with the labor market which is why it is so much better than minimum wage laws. Get rid of minimum wage...implement a universal basic income...and I would bet that in 10 years black unemployment is essentially equal to white unemployment.....something we haven't seen since the imposition of minimum wages.
