Magic of a universal basic income

Magic of a universal basic income

With universality, we are no longer divided into two camps of ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA / THESUNpix HEALTHCARE , education and social infrastructure are usually universal benefits that we all automatically benefit from.

However, it is rather strange that in our society there is resistance to the idea of providing a basic income to all citizens universally.

Targeted benefits are the opposite of this. While it seems perfectly sensible to target very limited resources only to those that need them most, these tend to be unpopular policies.Rooted in a mindset of scarcity, they sow suspicion, breed one-upmanship and […]