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@basicincomehive
absolutely nothing should be sold for a profit if its absence can kill you.
water shouldn’t be sold for a profit.
food shouldn’t be sold for a profit.
healthcare shouldn’t be sold for a profit.
any system where people can die because they’re unable to access these resources needs to be dismantled.
MEANWHILE:
“wouldn’t you rather earn something than have it just handed to you?”
Yeah when it comes to actual awards and fancy goods, but when it comes to basic needs, basic human decency, and accomodations, those things should always be handed to people. No one should have to “earn” those things.Value people as people, not base it on how much they produce.
yeah but that creates a severe dependency that could be exploited easily, and creates a slippery slope @musical-clarity
Actually studies show that people who live in places with universal income (who are given money with no strings attached just for being citizens) do far better work than those who don’t and are more enthusiastic to do work.
This is because they still want nice things and will work for those but the part of their energy that was devoted to worrying about if they have enough money to pay the rent and bills this month is now freed up to do other things.
Some people will always be lazy and take advantage of the system, but they are always a tiny percentage and it seems ridiculous to me to punish the majority and severly hamstring their abilities just because a handful of people will simply live of basic income rather than work.
It’s been tested a couple times. In Canada, in some European countries, and the results are always the same. There are two groups of people who show a statistically significant (Greater than one half of one percent, or 1 in 200) increase in Not Working and living off the guaranteed income. Parents of Children under school age, and full time students. Among ALL other groups, employment actually INCREASED. Why? Because guaranteed minimum income means that homeless people can get at least a basic low end apartment. It’s hard if not impossible to get an above board job without a permanent fixed address. Also more people were able to have and maintain a BANK ACCOUNT. It is often hard to get a decent job without an account that can accept Direct Deposit for paychecks. Also, lost work time due to illness and injury decreased across the board. It turns out if people are getting a decent amount of money each month they can A> afford to eat better, and B> obtain decent medical attention both preventative and emergency. Crazy right? So why hasn’t it caught on? Because it doesn’t directly benefit the people in power, and it increases THEIR PERSONAL taxes, their CORPORATE TAXES, and thus decreases their PERSONAL INCOME. So, because Jeff Bezos and Alan Greenspan might fall from making 100 billion dollars a year to making 99.8 billion dollars a year, it’s a hard NO and we can all fucking die.. The End.
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The Disproportionate Effects of a Universal Basic Income - Can UBI function as reparations?
Universal basic income was at the center of Martin Luther King’s economic dream for a reason. Social justice depends upon economic justice. The social impact of universal basic income will be tremendous, it means giving everyone a place in society.
We collected a reading list of some of the most useful and relevant articles, papers, videos from various perspectives to inform the…
A fantastic list of resources to send anyone interested in learning more about universal basic income.
The hardest part of getting people to support universal basic income is simply convincing them that it is possible.
The truth is, it’s a realistic and increasingly essential idea whose time has come. The battle for a livable universal basic income plus other programs such as universal healthcare should be the next big push for the American left. Economic justice is vital to the future of our society in an age of rapidly advancing automation and growing inequality.
The effects of a basic income guarantee on loans and debt
Universal basic income would mean the swift death of Payday Loans parasites. @2noame
"They were just doing their job."
How many times have you heard this in response to something horrible someone in a large organization does?
Why should the fact that someone receives monetary compensation for a task make it any more justifiable?
People being reliant on employment just to survive leaves them socially unaccountable for their actions.
Imagine if people are not forced to do things they would otherwise object to just so they can get a paycheck. @basicincomequotes
Food-service jobs are eating the economy. Maybe that’s not a good thing.
For the past three decades, restaurants have steadily grown, as part of the most fundamental shift in American work—from making things to serving people. Between 1990 and 2008, 98 percent of new jobs came from so-called "nontradable" industries that aren't sensitive to international trade, according to the economist Michael Spence.
In 1990, manufacturing was almost three times larger than the food-service industry. But restaurants have gradually closed the gap. At current rates of growth, more people will work at restaurants than in manufacturing in 2020. This mirrors the shift in consumer spending. Restaurants’ share of America’s food budget has doubled from 25 percent in the 1950s to 50 percent today.
Previous waves of labor disruption left behind a lot of low pay service sector jobs and not much else. This wave of automation is eliminating even those.
There are many reasons we should have a universal basic income, but automation is why we need one.
Indian politicians have met to discuss the possibility of introducing a universal basic income (UBI) after a survey suggested it could eradicate the widespread grinding poverty in the country. Talks were held in Delhi to consider the controversial proposal – which has economists and politicians fiercely divided.
Some sacrifice the most valuable aspects of themselves just to "make a living"
We need a universal basic income to unleash the full potential of everyone.
Basic Income is Impossible - And so were all of these other ideas
@2noame
"Won't basic income give too much power to whomever distributes it?" - The fear a basic income guarantee could increase citizen subservience to government
A universal basic income would give more political power the the people, not less.
The best way to help the poor may be grants with no strings attached.
Poverty is not a lack of character, it is a lack of cash.
One of the primary arguments against universal basic income is that the poor are somehow less able to make choices about how to spend their money. When people say “They will just spend the money on drugs and alcohol”, this is really what they mean. It’s an incredibly classist, yet widespread belief that the wealth of an individual represents their worth and ability.
A philosopher on the need for universal basic income for a more just society Juliana Bidadanure is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Stanford and affiliated with the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. Her work lies at the intersection of public policy and philosophy. She focuses on egalitarianism, especially on age-groupRead More
Finland has been giving 2,000 of its citizens an unconditional income for the last five months and some are already seeing the benefits, reporting decreased stress, greater incentives to find work and more time to pursue business ideas.
The mental health benefits of universal basic income are profound. As it turns out, people are a lot better off then they are not constantly forced to justify their right to a place in society through labor.
