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  1. i like the idea of #UBI but i don't think it is workable with our current model of ownership--private property. i have little knowledge of economics, so i can't argue vociferously for this opinion. i can just imagine that any UBI i might receive could be easily taken by a landlord raising my rent, or another corporate entity increasing costs for other necessary purchasing like groceries, medical care/insurance, or education.

    i like the idea of #JobGuarantee better. it makes more sense to me and seems to provide a less-hackable, less-manipulable floor as UBI proposes. it guarantees a livable wage and avoids the precarity of unemployment and gig work. but, again, i'm no economist. though i did participate in the now defunct CETA program when i was a teen.

    @pluralistic has highlighted #JobGuarantee in this week's link dump: pluralistic.net/2023/12/16/hot where he says...

    "The best authority on the Job Guarantee is Pavlina Tcherneva. Her slim book on the subject is a fantastic explainer..." A Case for a Job Guarantee.

    "No amount of growth can eliminate the job shortage that exists in virtually every country. Conventional policies have failed as well. The job guarantee is the landmark policy innovation that can secure true full employment, while stabilizing the economy, producing key social assets, and securing a basic economic right." [from jobguarantee.org/why/]

    More information can be found at jobguarantee.org/faqs/

    i'm interested in what people think of #JobGuarantee vs #UBI. i'm not confident in my ability to argue for one over another, but i would like to participate in or observe a discussion geared towards a better understanding. my preferred solution would be implementing anarchism rather than try to rescue capitalism, but at least a #JobGuarantee would attenuate the pernicious ravages of neoliberal capitalism--again, in my opinion.

    #JobGuarantee #UBI #EconomicPrecarity #Unemployment #Neoliberalism #WealthInequality #Capitalism #Anarchism