Austrian Catholics argue from Church teaching for Unconditional Basic Income during coronavirus, beyond

Austrian Catholics are arguing from Church teaching for an Unconditional Basic Income during the times of the coronavirus and beyond.

Markus Blümel, from the Catholic Social Academy (KSOE) in Austria, dedicated a blog post April 3 to explaining the Catholic principles behind the idea that a government hand over a periodic payment to citizens regardless of their gender, personal circumstances, living arrangements, job status or anything else.

The background for growing calls for an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) from Germany, Austria, the UK and the US “is evident”, Blümel said: “concern and fear for existence and life”. Particularly in the context […]

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