[guerrilla]

By paying a lot more.

[burritas]

Cheaper to hire a felon or immigrant. I'm not saying I agree with this arrangement.

[guerrilla]

Which is why nobody should be in such a weak position. It's exploitation pure and simple.

[burritas]

I don't disagree that it's exploitation, but I think you obscure a very complex problem with "nobody should be in such a weak position".

I'm not sure any economic or legal arrangement could do away with weak positions like that entirely.

[arglebargle123]

UBI would go a long way towards pulling the very poor up out of the cycle of "I'll take whichever bad choice is least bad right now because I'm desperate."

[luckylion]

We don't have that cycle in Germany at all. Yet we don't see any of the promises of UBI materializing.

[zozbot234]

Germany doesn't have Minijobs? They're pretty much what this article is describing.

[Zigurd]

Re a very complex problem with "nobody should be in such a weak position".

It is only complex if avoiding questions about the value of human dignity, and the inability of laissez faire capitalism to deliver that, need to be avoided.

[blacksqr]

This is the crux of the issue. Most everything else herein is chin music.

[SoftTalker]

Also avoiding realities of human nature.

[guerrilla]

I think libertarian socialism does exactly that but in this case what's being argued for is JG (and UBI) which would help empower many, so we shouldn't be arguing against those things (not saying you are.)