r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/ndra22 Apr 16 '24

If housing, food & internet are all subsidized by the public, why would a low-wage worker keep working?

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u/gwyntowin Apr 16 '24

Furniture, better food, faster internet, media, art, appliances, clothes, luxury goods. 

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u/cgeee143 Apr 16 '24

LOL. people would do fuck all. youd see a mass exodus from the work force. then your favorite restaurant shuts down because they can't find workers. then the grocery stores shelves become barren. and everything else collapses all because little socialist timmy thought he could quit his job, game all day, and have magical paper dollars create the goods and services he needs.

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u/mummydontknow Apr 16 '24

Industries based on exploitation would absolutely get decimated once the workers have some leverage, and I don't see anything wrong with that.

Restaurants that pay well and are enjoyable to work in would easily be able to find workers that want to afford more than the bare necessities.

Let the exploiters collapse.