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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Is there any proof that cerb is causing the labour shortage? I've seen (which to be fair could be false info) that states that discontinued covid benefits are seeing the same issues with labour shortages as states who have kept them going.
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That's why I said "seemingly". To be completely honest, I really don't follow these trends closely, so I don't know if there have been any studies to link CERB to a labour shortage.
That said, I have a pretty good idea what younger me would have done if I could have got $2k a month without having to work... And I also know what younger me would do if I could get ~$1,400 a month (i.e. $350/week UBI) and then not pay income tax on another ~$2k a month by working... At that, I'm just pulling a random number from my butt, but ~$3,400 per month seems like a reasonable tax-free / UBI amount to me - happy to hear reasons to adjust.