Utopia Talk / Politics / Finland to end Basic Income after 2018

McKobb Member	Wed Apr 25 07:25:39 http://www...land-universal-basic-income.ht LONDON — For more than a year, Finland has been testing the proposition that the best way to lift economic fortunes may be the simplest: Hand out money without rules or restrictions on how people use it. The experiment with so-called universal basic income has captured global attention as a potentially promising way to restore economic security at a time of worry about inequality and automation. Now, the experiment is ending. The Finnish government has opted not to continue financing it past this year, a reflection of public discomfort with the idea of dispensing government largess free of requirements that its recipients seek work. Finland has actually reversed course on that front this year, adopting rules that threaten to cut benefits for jobless people unless they actively look for work or engage in job training. Lazy bastards need to get a haircut and get a real job!
McKobb Member	Wed Apr 25 07:27:18 http://nyt...nd-universal-basic-income.html
McKobb Member	Wed Apr 25 07:33:21 http://www...hing-a-basic-income-experiment Stockton, California, is about to become the first city to test government-supported universal basic income in the U.S. The program is the idea of the city's 27-year-old mayor and will be primarily funded by the basic income advocacy group Economic Security Project. No strings attached The idea of a guaranteed income for all citizens regardless of their social and economic standing is called universal basic income (UBI), and it’s been floating around for centuries. Thomas Paine wrote about it back in the 1790s, and in 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. expressed his support for a universal basic income in the U.S. Now, Stockton, California, mayor Michael Tubbs is keen on implementing such a system in his city. To test out the idea, Tubbs is planning to launch an experiment he’s calling the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED). When the project kicks off next year, it will be the first trial for universal basic income in the U.S. to receive government support. Most of the financing for SEED will come from basic income advocacy group the Economic Security Project (ESP), which pledged $1 million to launch the program. The plan is to select a yet undisclosed number of recipients from among Stockton’s 315,000 citizens to receive a fixed $500 monthly income — or $6,000 a year — for the duration of SEED, which Tubbs hope will last three years. Doh!
MojoCujo Member	Wed Apr 25 07:43:08 Damn
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Apr 25 07:44:03 Another poster from our deep past?
murder Member	Fri Apr 27 13:48:27 These seem like poorly thought out plans.
tumbleweed the wanderer	Fri Apr 27 13:53:46 seems like an appropriate stepping stone to Star Trek world
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