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I actually think universal basic income is a very flawed idea from a leftist perspective.
It is effectively a capitalist compromise that still puts all of the asset holders in immense positions of power. The only difference now is they effectively are governmentally enforced as those positions of power. It will make the wealth disparity exponentially worse.
The answer to our wealth disparity is to put power in the hands of the average person.
Pay people to vote.
At the very least we could make voting day a national holiday, so it isn't costing people money to vote.
Right now people are essentially being paid by their employers to not vote, and mostly just minimum wage.
I agree with the holiday thing but the worst paid workers don't get to take holidays off.
You're right, and many will choose to work holidays in order to make extra money, because minimum wage isn't really enough to support anyone.
Still, the government should be doing everything in its power to make voting easy, accessible and penalty-free.
In most of the democracies, voting day is on Sunday.