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Finance Minister Petteri Orpo (left) and Prime Minister Juha Sipilä at a plenary session on Monday, 19 June 2017. The Finnish Prime Minister survived a confidence vote this Tuesday, with MPs backing him 104 to 85. With the dust still setting on a hectic two weeks in Finnish politics, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will have been relieved to receive a vote of confidence in Parliament on Tuesday. As reported by Reuters, the government may also have to be wary of members of the upstart Blue Reform taking Ritva Elomaa’s lead and rejoining the Finns Party. Finland’s trial of a […]

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It’s welfare essentially. A Cashless Society having UBI is a powerful form of Control.

KB with important intel: >>130997961 → >>130997961 → >>130997961 → >> >>130995899 (OP) The idea is good, but will it work in the long run? Well some things that I think would need to be in palce:- Only after the age 21 (when people are expected to be in a job or started an higher education). This to prevent NEET’s straight from High School. – A sum that would barely cover the cost of rent of a dorm in cities or […]

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Any legislation that clears Congress under the repeal and replace banner needs to do four things: It needs to rescue millions of people in ACA exchange plans now who are at risk of losing their coverage because of ObamaCare’s multiple failures.

It must provide states more flexibility in managing their Medicaid programs so they can better serve their neediest citizens.

It needs to provide a system of subsidies for people who need help in purchasing coverage but who aren’t offered health insurance at work and who are not eligible for public programs, especially Medicaid or Medicare. And it needs […]

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Democrats have lost two more special elections. More writers have posted hot takes reiterating the lesson Democrats should have burned into our minds after the 2016 election debacle: resisting Donald Trump is not enough. If Democrats want to win, they need to articulate a positive agenda. This is a problem because right now, the Democratic Party doesn’t have one.

Here’s the bottom line. The Democrats must stand for more than abortion rights, the minimum wage, and trash talking. But those calls for a new vision are always curiously vague, demanding a vision but not suggesting one. But people desperately want […]

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Since the late 1970s, the world’s economy and dominant nations have been marching to the tune of (neoliberal) globalization, whose impact and effects on average people’s livelihood and communities everywhere are generating great popular discontent, accompanied by a rising wave of nationalist and anti-elitist sentiments. But what exactly is driving globalization? And who really benefits from globalization? Are globalization and capitalism interwoven? How do we deal with the growing levels of inequality and massive economic insecurity? Should progressives and radicals rally behind the call […]

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Dan Moyle/flickr On May 31, 2016, a San Francisco-based nonprofit called My Basic Income held a lottery to find one lucky person to receive $1,250 a month for a full year — a total of $15,000 — no strings attached.

But just over a year since that lottery was held, the winner has only received five out of the 12 checks that were promised, and there is no sign a second lottery will happen anytime soon.

Modeled after a German lottery by the same name ("Mein Grundeinkommen"), the drawing and subsequent cash prize were intended to highlight a niche but trendy […]

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Citizens must put pressure on their governments to tackle poverty by increasing affordable housing and supporting women’s and youth training programs.

Over a quarter-century ago, Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion by NDP Leader Ed Broadbent to end child poverty by 2000. Few such well-intentioned parliamentary actions have produced such disappointing results.

Since then, the numbers of children living in poverty have dramatically risen, to the point where one in five live in families that fall below Statistics Canada’s Low Income Measure. According to the Conference Board of Canada , “Of the 13 countries for which historical […]

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The Retreat of Western Liberalism. By Edward Luce. Grove Atlantic; 234 pages; $24. Little Brown; £16.99.

FEW doubt that something big happened in Western politics during the past 12 months but nobody is sure what. Turmoil in Washington and London contrasts with centrist stability in Paris and Berlin. Edward Luce, a commentator for the Financial Times in Washington, is well placed to observe the shifts and shocks. “The Retreat of Western Liberalism” offers a brisk, timely survey.

“Fusion”, the longest of just four chapters, describes the successes of economic globalisation, but also the costs borne by the less well-off in […]

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For the last five months, Finland has been giving 2,000 citizens unconditional income. The country is already seeing benefits, with one being citizens are reporting decrease stress.

The scheme, which is the first of its kind in Europe, provides recipients with €560 ($624) every month for two years. Those receiving the money don’t have to report whether or not they are looking for work or how they are spending the money, which is deducted from any benefits they are currently receiving. Marjukka Turnen, the head of KELA, a legal unit at the social insurance agency, said the scheme was having […]

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