Category: Basic Income

Press Release: Democrats for Social Credit

Petty point-scoring reveals lack of vision

The continuing failure of the parties in parliament to see beyond their self-serving agendas raises questions. Are they unaware of possible solutions to New Zealand’s problems? Or are they aware but simply can’t raise themselves above the usual tit-for-tat election campaign debates? NZ Democrats for Social Credit Party health spokesman, David Tranter, notes that on a recent The Nation programme National and Labour social development spokesmen were supposedly discussing "the best ways to provide for those in need". But by largely confining themselves to petty […]

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Unthinkable: Finland has piloted a basic income scheme; could the EU follow suit?

A Europe-wide basic income ‘would provide our national welfare states with a common floor’. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg The idea of providing an unconditional basic income to every citizen “used to be regarded as the fantasy of a handful of lunatics,” Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght observe in a new book on the subject.

But support for the measure is growing with a rising number of economists and politicians seeing merit in the scheme as a way of dealing with anticipated massive job losses through technological displacement […]

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Fife is preparing to provide a test ground for a universal basic income which would see every person paid up to £8,500 whether or not they work.

A town in the region – possibly Kelty or Cowdenbeath – could be selected to pilot the system being considered as alternative to the current benefit system.

Councillors will be asked on Wednesday to give the nod for preparation of a business case to allow UBI to be implemented for two years to determine whether it is feasible.UBI would see pensioners paid the most, with a weekly amount of £165, all other adults paid […]

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Duke students from across the entire political spectrum report that, yes, despite institutional efforts to support diverse views, their political affiliation is attacked more than yours.

“It’s honestly so hard being a liberal on campus,” one junior and Duke Political Review contributor said. “I have to sit in class and listen to conservative students talk about lowering taxes on the rich, cutting Social Security and other really just immoral, illogical s**t, and all the while getting called out myself for supporting universally free college? I hate stupid conservatives.”

The student went on to say that she hopes to see a universal […]

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This is a fun way to snag $12,000. Do you have a great, creative idea on how to create economic stability for all Americans? If so, you could earn $12,000 over one year — by putting your vision into writing.

Sponsored by the Economic Security Project , a two-year fund aimed at exploring the impact of unconditional cash stipends, the contest invites essayists to submit a work of speculative fiction that “imagines a future of economic security.” More specifically, submissions should explore “the impacts of a basic income on individual lives and on society at large.” The case for basic […]

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Assessing the case for a universal basic income in the UK, the IPR Policy Brief looks at the political and economic realities of radical welfare reform. New polling, commissioned by the IPR from Ipsos-MORI, has revealed that there is support on balance among the UK population for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI).

Nearly half of all adults aged 18-75 (49%) expressed support for the UK Government introducing UBI at the level to cover basic needs – a radical idea to reform the welfare state by introducing a set payment received by all citizens, young and old, in […]

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