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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

Austerity, maybe. Privatization? How so?

And I think it's an easy case to make to voters. "US inflation-adjusted GDP per capita has gone up more than $25,000 in the last 40 years. US inflation-adjusted median household income has gone up less than $4,000 in the last 40 years. US average household size is more than 2.5. That means the US generates $62,500 more wealth per household today than it did 40 years ago, and the average household gets $4,000 of that increase and the other $58,500 goes to the rich. Let's fix that - the wealthy people in this country were fine in 1979, how about each household gets $58,500?"

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edmund_the_destroyer wrote (edited )

Well, I'm now talking in terms of unicorns and flying pigs but I'm fine with abolishing minimum wage provided UBI is very high.

US current GDP per capita is around $56k. Pass a constitutional amendment mandating that UBI per person = minimum 90% of GDP per capita. Then if someone wants to offer two dollars an hour to people to cut their grass or mow their lawn that's fine, because we all have the freedom to ignore the offer without starving.

Edit: but your point is valid. I hadn't thought of it until I read your post, but yes UBI could be sold to the public as a social safety net but then turned into a weapon to hurt the non-wealthy even more.

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