Guaranteed work?

[Puzzledtraveller]

What do you think that means. I can understand living wage and I am glad the president is going to make income inequality a focal point this year but I'm curious as to what is meant by "guaranteed work" that is mentioned by some people. Not all people who are currently unemployed or are able bodied want to work. I am not saying that as a negative thing, not in the way it's usually used. "Guaranteed work" makes me think that it is believed that we all want to work and we just need jobs.

[loli phabay]

1. not sure what you are asking, do you mean that people should have a wage even if they dont

want to do anything for the wage.

[Enrique]

3. i was wondering that myself

read a certain way, it could be a proposal to lower the retirement age to zero.

[Puzzledtraveller]

6. "Guaranteed work" makes me think that it is meant that everyone who is able to work has to.

I'm wondering only what is meant when some people say it as part of a goal.

[loli phabay]

7. well i would say that everyone has to contribute something.

[reformist2]

2. Guaranteed work is silly - basic guaranteed income is not.

What if we lived in a world where, thanks to technology, only 10% of the people needed to work?

[loli phabay]

4. how would we make ten percent work if no one wanted to. especially crappy jobs.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. "What if we lived in a world where, thanks to technology, only 10% of the people needed to work?"

Then 90% of society would be slave owners.

[Lefty Thinker]

8. I suppose it depends on who is saying it, but

It sounds to me like a guaranteed job for anyone who cares to work -- no matter what disabilities they might have. It's a proposal from the Modern Monetary Theory school of economic thought -- since the government can create money outright, they should use that capability to ensure low unemployment and minimize the chance of inflation by using the created money to pay for useful work. It also handily solves the problem of minimum wage -- people only take a job at a wage below the guaranteed job if they choose to.