Thomas: One of the ideas I have had to address the problem of the worthy is a commitment at birth that you owe the state a number of hours work. Now before everyone sees work gangs picking up litter on the Interstate, let me flesh out the idea and give a couple of examples. Let us use the figure of 10,000 hours or approximately 5 years work on a 40 hour week. The agreement at its most basic would be that you can have the Basic Income for your whole life on 5 years of work. That work will be work that you choose because of interest or experience or qualifications. Does this mean a Dr. works for 5 years with no income but the Basic Income - NO. It only requires that he tells the state that this is part of his 5 year obligation and that if he makes more than the Basic Income it is a matter for the tax system. It is more of an Agreement that even the laziest or most shiftless will do 5 years work in their lifetime and that will satisfy the feelings of productive members of society regarding the unworthy. For me, I would think that most people would search out interests and in doing so, would find themselves working in the market economy that still exists. From the freedom a Basic Income provides many people would follow interests, from bee keeping to making quilts to rebuilding an auto or being an amatuer astronomer. The Basic Income does not satisfy the greed or need for status. It does not provide luxurious living but will sustain simple living over a lifetime. Most people want more and would go into the workforce for many of the reasons they do now. It is only the poor now feeling exploited because they are fighting their needs budget continually. All others in one form or the other are getting various satisfactions of their wants. ---------- From: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 5:25 PM Within the context of capitalization. I could imagine people being given their incomes for the purpose not only of food, clothing and shelter but to develop capitalization for their own entrepreneurial activities. Of course you would have to train out the "get the most for the least" mentality that would just take the money and run. Artists are always in need of seed money for the work that they do. Grants are demeaning. Figuring out how to encourage development of quality ideas and projects without making a competition or giving it away to be spent on status goods would be an issue but education works if you think hard enough about it and have the discipline to complete it. |
Title: Re: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Cordell . Arthur
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Cordell . Arthur
- Re: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Christoph Reuss
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Cordell . Arthur
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Christoph Reuss
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Christoph Reuss
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Harry Pollard
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Harry Pollard
- Re: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Thomas Lunde
- Re: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Thomas Lunde
- Re: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Thomas Lunde
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Cordell . Arthur
- RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Franklin Wayne Poley
- Fw: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites Ed Weick
- Don't shoot me. (wasRe: Fw: [Futurework] FW Basi... Keith Hudson
- Re: Don't shoot me. (wasRe: Fw: [Futurework]... Ray Evans Harrell
- Re: Don't shoot me. (wasRe: Fw: [Futurew... Keith Hudson
- Re: Don't shoot me. (wasRe: Fw: [Futurework]... Ed Weick
- RE: Don't shoot me. (wasRe: Fw: [Futurework]... Harry Pollard