&gt; Though, if you&#x27;re idealistic enough to think the UBI is a prospect soon realizable, I wonder why you&#x27;re advocating minimum wage increases over say, stronger collective bargaining?<p>Why not both? Seriously I am very much in favour of e.g. working time restrictions, but &quot;union&quot; is a dirty word in the US (indeed you carefully avoided saying it), so I don&#x27;t think advocating stronger collective bargaining rights would help me achieve my policy goals.