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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If true, we need universal basic income and very robust social services so that people in jobs that do not pay a living wage have access to housing, healthcare, and other basic necessities of life. Otherwise we deal with all the externalities of having a large, desperate underclass -- crime, homelessness, substance abuse, civil unrest, etc.

Pick your poison.[/quote]

"Access to housing" does not mean no roommates and a bedroom for every child. [/quote]

It is obvious that you have no idea how people living on $17 or $20 dollars an hour live. They take public transit with multiple change overs and long commute to get to work, some may have 1 crappy old car to get to work. They rent, very small apartments in dirty and unsafe neighborhoods, apartments that have not been repaired in decades (hello 1980's crappy stove). They can't afford enough food, can't afford to go to the dentist or doctor. They have no money in the bank to cover a small emergency.

Why should the UMC and wealthy live luxurious lives when so many live without dignity?[/quote]

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