Category: Basic Income

The Liberal Party rolled out a universal basic income (UBI) scheme to combat poverty in three cities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A discussion paper drafted by former Canadian Senator Hugh Segal laid out what it’d look like, and recommended testing it a rural area populated by indigenous people: There’s no reason why a coherent pilot project testing the net benefits of a Basic Income to society in general, and to those living in poverty in particular, couldn’t be launched before the end of the present fiscal year in Ontario. Testing a Basic Income is a humane and […]

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The Dreamers are not the immigrants seeking citizenship but rather the displaced workers who Trump has duped into believing that a new factory will spring up in their neighborhood. The politicians who push education are as bad as Trump. It’s all political BS. You can get a PHD in Astro Physics and be lucky to get a job flippin burgers or pumping gas. Even doctors are in trouble. You can put your symptoms into your computer and it will make the diagnosis.
Outsourcing and automation will continue and our leader will continue to put their heads in the […]

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A discussion paper drafted by former Canadian Senate member Hugh Segal laid out what the program will look like, and recommended testing it a rural area populated by indigenous people.

“There is no reason why a coherent pilot project testing the net benefits of a Basic Income to society in general, and to those living in poverty in particular, could not be launched before the end of the present fiscal year in Ontario,” Segal wrote, explaining that, “Testing a Basic Income is a humane and useful way to measure how so many of the costs of poverty (in terms of […]

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Mark Cuban’s views on basic income puts him in stark contrast to the growing chorus of major technology CEOs who back such a policy.

Universal basic income (UBI) is "the worst possible response" to the unemployment likely to be caused by robots and artificial intelligence, business mogul Mark Cuban has said, putting himself in stark contrast to the growing chorus of major technology CEOs who back such a policy.

On Monday, the Dallas Mavericks owner tweeted his concern about job losses as a result of technology and said "we need to prepare for it."TWEETScott Santens, a basic income advocate and writer, […]

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Bill Gates made headlines when he suggested robots that take human jobs should be taxed at a similar rate as humans. The money, he said, could slow the rate of automation, and be used to fund government jobs.

Gates could not be more wrongheaded on this proposal.

The problem with Gates’ idea is that it assumes robots taking human jobs is something to be discouraged. The opposite is true. We should welcome robots doing more tasks for humans, thus freeing up humans to engage in other fulfilling endeavors.Imagine the government took Gates’ approach with Microsoft computers to prevent their machines from […]

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Canada’s Liberal leader and Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, October 20, 2015 A discussion paper drafted by former Canadian Senate member Hugh Segal laid out what the program will look like, and recommended testing it a rural area populated by indigenous people.

"There is no reason why a coherent pilot project testing the net benefits of a Basic Income to society in general, and to those living in poverty in particular, could not be launched before the end of the present fiscal year in Ontario," Segal wrote, explaining that, "Testing a Basic Income […]

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Councillor Leigh Bursey speaks to council’s finance, administration and operations committee on Tuesday. (RONALD ZAJAC/The Recorder and Times) Ontario’s basic income plan deserves a chance to be tried out and Brockville should be one of the communities giving it a try, a committee of city council believes.

The finance, administration and operations committee on Tuesday backed a motion by councillor Leigh Bursey to have the city “formally express (its) interest in being considered for a Guaranteed Annual Income Pilot Project that has already been announced by the Province of Ontario.”

The recommendation now goes to the full council for a final […]

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