Category: Basic Income

A report issued Thursday recommends the Shared Spaces program be extended through 2023 to give businesses an incentive to invest in making their spaces attractive. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner) Recommendations issued Thursday to help San Francisco’s economy recover from the impacts of the pandemic call for extending the Shared Spaces program for at least three years, pursuing funding to provide for a universal basic income and delaying the collection of impact fees from developers.

The San Francisco Economic Recovery Task Force issued 41 recommendations in its final report Thursday, after it convened in April at the direction of Mayor London […]

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Photo by Breakingpic on Pexels.com Why a universal basic income could be a better alternative to universal credit and the current welfare system

The coronavirus crisis has caused a major upheaval within the UK welfare system, with a surge of people applying for universal credit amid staggering rates of unemployment . With the furlough scheme coming to an end, the government has announced the job support scheme to address this surge. However, economists predict that this scheme will not prevent a further one million workers losing their jobs during 2021, with those in lower-income groups hit hardest. These schemes […]

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With 61 votes in favor, 28 against and one abstention, Eduardo Ramírez, president of the Senate, declared inadmissible the popular consultation of economic support presented by legislators so it was filed as a matter and fully concluded.

Considering it inappropriate, the majority of Morena together with their allies imposed their majority and They rejected the request for a popular consultation for the government to grant financial support to those affected by the covid-19 pandemic.

On behalf of the Finance Commission, Alejandro Armenta, considered that the request of 41 legislators from the PRI, PAN, PRD, one from Movimiento Ciudadano and two […]

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Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu.
Image: Linda Mthombeni Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has vowed that outstanding R350 Covid relief grants will be paid to approved applicants even though the grant is ending.

The R350 relief grant, which was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this year, has been the subject of controversy with delays in applications and payments .
The relief grant was meant for unemployed citizens and qualifying foreign citizens during the lockdown. It is set to expire this month.Speaking on SABC News on Wednesday, Zulu urged those dependent on the income not to panic.Zulu said applicants who have been […]

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Forward to greater working-class unity, forward ever!

Over 2 million jobs were lost in our country between April and June this year, 2020. The number of unemployed people is over 10 million. Inequality and poverty deepened because of the capitalist crisis of Covid-19 and the system’s interrelated crisis before the current crisis. This is among the many reasons, in the launch of our Red October Campaign 2020–2021, we reiterated our call for a minimum income guarantee, among other measures. A universal basic income grant should be part of the minimum income guarantee.

However, we also need grants in the form […]

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While the world is continuously reeling from the health and socioeconomic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, one key lesson has emerged: Inclusive social protection can be an effective emergency instrument to protect low-income citizens. Countries with strong social protection systems, underpinned by comprehensive household information and robust digital payment systems, have been able to effectively ramp up support to their impacted populations.

The World Bank: “Effective social protection systems are crucial to safeguarding the poor and vulnerable when crisis hits. Yet, in many countries, such systems remain limited in coverage and will need significant upgrading to respond to a pandemic […]

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“What’s the point? I’m not getting out of here anyway.” That’s what my patient, a working-class man in his 30s, told me when I asked him whether he would consider quitting smoking. He went on to explain that he did not believe that he had a real chance at a better life, and so didn’t see the point of trying to kick his 20-year smoking habit.

It’s been years since I last saw that patient, but I think about him often. His story highlights a key reason that America’s health has declined so dramatically in the past few decades. For […]

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Ali Al-Salim contributor to KuwaitImpakt.com Newly established Kuwaitimpakt.com, a gateway for public policy papers in Kuwait founded by Bensirri, today released an essay suggesting new solutions to Kuwait’s fiscal woes.

Titled “New Ideas for Kuwait”, Kuwaiti author Ali Al-Salim proposes the replacement of all government subsidies with an annual basic income of around USD 50,000, paid to every citizen of working age, as a means to overcome the hiring burden for the government, and the economic and political bottlenecks of the existing system. He argues that the net result will move Kuwait towards a more sustainable economy, relieve the pressure […]

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A series profiling Southland electorate candidates for the general election. Just five horribly familiar words – but for Joel Rowlands they carry an aching personal truth.“The system let her down.’’He lost his mother to depression-suicide a few years ago, the pair of them caught in a mental health system the previous Government had left “completely gutted’’.So there they were, a working man doing his level best to help his mum who needed support far […]

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Guest columnist When the tribune Publius Clodius first established a regular allotment of free grain for Roman citizens in 58 B.C., he began a policy that would last until the end of the Roman Empire.

This cura annonae, later augmented by other foodstuffs and at times by cash payments, was a necessary response to severe economic dislocation. The Roman labor force had shifted from yeoman farmers and unionized craftsmen to imported slaves.

Even "white toga" professionals felt the pinch. After all, it was cheaper to have an educated Greek slave tutor the kids.Thankfully, today our slaves are machines, robots and artificial […]

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