Analysis: Universal Basic Income – who pays for it?

Analysis: Universal Basic Income – who pays for it?

(Source: Sasha Volkoff*, Pressenza ; translation: Emanuele Di Donato /Novena)

Every time that someone suggests a social measure which requires an expenditure, neoliberals and fearful people immediately show up stating that “there is no money”. This seems to be our society’s main problem: the shortage of money. But where exactly is it missing? Undoubtedly there are people who barely survive with their own means or maybe cannot even make it, but it is also true that in some social areas there is a surplus of money and we mean what we say: it is really too much.

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