UBI would not solve this problem, it should be implemented for other reasons though.
Citizens have jobs that they will basically not take regardless of pay. In particular seasonal and rural farm work means even paying 40 or 50 an hour often isn’t enough of a draw to get enough American workers to work a 10-12h day in the summer sun in bumfuck nowhere for a month. Then next month somewhere else. Not to mention a lack of resources and the general living conditions available. This lack of draw would only be more true if basic needs are covered. You can be pickier about work if your basics are met.
Maybe 40-50 an hour for one month isn’t a good enough draw because if you don’t get another job immediately you begin the spiral back into poverty. Stability is more important to most people.
UBI would not solve this problem, it should be implemented for other reasons though.
Citizens have jobs that they will basically not take regardless of pay. In particular seasonal and rural farm work means even paying 40 or 50 an hour often isn’t enough of a draw to get enough American workers to work a 10-12h day in the summer sun in bumfuck nowhere for a month. Then next month somewhere else. Not to mention a lack of resources and the general living conditions available. This lack of draw would only be more true if basic needs are covered. You can be pickier about work if your basics are met.
Maybe 40-50 an hour for one month isn’t a good enough draw because if you don’t get another job immediately you begin the spiral back into poverty. Stability is more important to most people.