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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
don't get how that would work. price of goods doesn't decrease, so not sure how I could afford to survive making 20% less. guess working 32 hours per week at my main job would give me more options for my second job?
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I’m not talking about reducing incomes. As GGG somewhat touched on, the alternative for an employer(and anyone else earning income) is to have increased taxes to cover a UBI. People working less hours for the same money isn’t a radical concept. Nor is it unprecedented, a 40 hour work week wasn’t gifted to society and the same arguments that employers would not be able to afford the increased labour costs by capping the work week have been around since the days when people fought for(and won) a 40 hour work week.
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Originally Posted by KevanGuy
Get with the program Gordon, we'd all get paid the same to work less!
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Technically it’s no different than getting a raise to do the same work. There are a number of indirect savings in other areas that an employer can benefit from this as well, not to mention employees with a better quality of life are generally considered to be more productive at work.