Ilkka Oksala, the director of working life at the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), believes the notion of paying all citizens a fixed basic income to be “utopian”. The Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) has voiced its support for consolidating housing benefits and social assistance into a basic income that encourages its recipients to find employment. The scheme would consist of two components: a basic component and a housing component. The basic component would be a last-resort form of financial aid comparable to the current basic social allowance, while the housing allowance would consolidate the current housing benefits and […]
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