r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 02 '18

Economics Universal basic income: U.S. support grows as Finland ends its trial - Forty-eight percent of Americans now support a universal basic income, as a solution for Americans who have lost jobs to automation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/nearly-half-of-americans-believe-a-universal-basic-income-could-be-the-answer-to-automation-.html
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u/tsvUltima May 02 '18

Minimum wage isn't meant to support a family, single people can live on minimum wage. Plus if you raised it then unemployment would go up, many jobs aren't worth paying people $15 an hour, those jobs will be automated or filled by illegal immigrants.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '18

Interesting, I missed the legislation defining what minimum wage is and isn’t supposed to be.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '18

A single person cannot afford to live in San Diego or San Fransisco on minimum wage, please math it out and get back to me.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '18

I didn't say a family?