universal basic income
News story about a program in Iran which paid out basic money to everyone finds that, on the whole, people didn't immediately get lazy.
https://theoutline.com/post/1613/iran-introduces-basic-income
universal basic income
I believe in the idea of a universal basic income, as it would give a no-strings-attached floor of economic stability to everyone. Yes, there's social services to help the poor/needy, but they're often insanely bureaucratic, degrading, and overly punishing of mistakes.
universal basic income
If I got free money (like the US$16k/yr the article mentioned) I know I'd use that stability to faff around a bit, but I'd also poke around, try harder to find something I like to do and is beneficial to society. That's very hard for me to do right now. If I could pursue that with an easy safety net, I'd be overjoyed.
universal basic income
@Mycroft I'm lucky to be able to do exactly that. I'm getting real sick of the shitheads who assume that somehow everyone getting squeezed out of the market by lack of sufficient income (for any reason) becomes morally unworthy of basic survival.
universal basic income
@Mycroft i yearn for this tbh. i've spent too much time thinking about how everything could be just. better. even a little bit. it's exhausting and more than a little upsetting there's such a resistance to anything that could make this better.