Raising the minimum wage will only result in less jobs and will only encourage more businesses to replace people with less costly machines.
Now a universal basic income? That might work. Gary Johnson's tax prebate check is the beginning of such an idea. People will get paid regardless of whether they're working so, unlike welfare or unemployment checks, people will still have the incentive to get a job because they won't stop getting their government checks when they do start working. Plus it's a good safety net for workers whose jobs will inevitably be replaced by machines as we move into an automated economy. Then we can use the money to do the things we want to do and create entirely new professions.
Now a universal basic income? That might work. Gary Johnson's tax prebate check is the beginning of such an idea. People will get paid regardless of whether they're working so, unlike welfare or unemployment checks, people will still have the incentive to get a job because they won't stop getting their government checks when they do start working. Plus it's a good safety net for workers whose jobs will inevitably be replaced by machines as we move into an automated economy. Then we can use the money to do the things we want to do and create entirely new professions.