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The problem with a minimum wage or subsidized labor is that your are dependent on the availability of work for everyone which mandates a constantly growing economy that will destroy our planet.

If you are comfortable with fluctuating minimum wage to control unemployment, you could do the same thing with UBI.

Personally, I don't think that we should to threaten our citizens with homelessness and hunger to get them to be contributing members of society.

I would personally institute UBI gradually, pairing UBI increases with reductions in the minimum wage during economic downturns to stimulate the economy.



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