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[–] anonlymouse 2 points 3 points (+5|-2) ago 

You do want an income floor so that you don't have a domino effect every time someone loses a job. There is a proper way to do welfare, but it's very minimal, and the key is to remove as many barriers to employment as there are (such as minimum wage), and you also can't have open borders and a welfare system.

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[–] jaceame 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

So you want companies to be able to hire people with ease, and people to get jobs with ease, that is reasonable. If there was no minimum wage would you be pro a livable guaranteed income?

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[–] anonlymouse 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Nope. Thing is, wages are plenty high in places with no minimum wage. Switzerland being the main example. I've had the lowest paid job for anyone working over 40 hours/week, I was living very comfortably and still saving a 3rd of my income after all expenses. If you've got people making too little money, the problem isn't lack of minimum wage/guaranteed income/whatever else, it's something else.