A guaranteed safety net allows workers to reject exploitative low-paying jobs by removing the total leverage employers currently hold over survival. This "power to say no" extends to personal relationships and allows for better wage negotiation, as individuals are no longer forced to accept $7 an hour out of desperation. Additionally, the combinatorial power of UBI means a multi-person household could aggregate several thousand dollars monthly to share costs effectively.
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