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SoBlueInFL

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1. I don't think most Americans will ever embrace UBI. r/o

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 10:20 AM

Oct 2022

If a certain segment of my Democratic friends' feelings regarding raising minimum wage are any indication, I'd say they'd hate UBI. I hear so many people complain that their wages won't go up if minimum wages rises so, they don't want it to go up. I'll never understand it. The reasoning is usually something to the effect of I only make $x and it's skilled labor so why should unskilled labor make $15? With that mindset, I highly doubt those same people would want anyone to receive money without any labor expended.

I'm a major fan of UBI because I believe it has been shown to truly save families.

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Universal Basic Income Has Been Tested Repeatedly. It Works. Will America Ever Embrace It? [View all] ck4829 Oct 2022 OP

I don't think most Americans will ever embrace UBI. r/o SoBlueInFL Oct 2022 #1

I agree. This will make the loan forgiveness program look like child's play JohnSJ Oct 2022 #2