Franklin Wayne Poley wrote: > You may wish to ask the new Justice Minister, Irwin Cotler, what his > position is on Canada adhering to the Universal Declaration of Human > Rights Article 25 which says that necessities of life are a "right". > Cotler is a former law professor with a human rights specialization. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Swiss constitution (article 12) contains the right to a humane existence and assistance to those who can't look after themselves. However, there's no general BI, and no need for it. Maybe this has to do with article 6 (which demands personal responsibility) and article 19 (which guarantees sufficient education for free, even to women who marry mean patriarchs). ---- Ed Weick wrote: > If I read you right Ray, you are still associating BI with work, whether > for profit or not for profit. I can't go there with you. It sounds a > little too much like workfare, essentially grabbing people by the scruff > of the neck and making them do the shit work nobody else wants to do Who will "do the shit work nobody else wants to do" in a BI system ? Nobody, I guess. But it has to be done. (Not necessarily by workfare crews!) Worse, a lot of "shit work" has to be done that isn't "profitable" and thus is not done -- unless paid by the state, but the state can't afford that if it has to pay a BI to everyone. Maybe if we'd get over the obsession with "productivity growth" and the consumerism mania, and if we'd address _causes_ instead of tinkering with symptoms, then there would be less "shit work" to do in the first place? > My reading of Paul Martin as Prime Minister is that he will do > everything he can to bring the debt down. By introducing a BI ? ---- REH asked: > So Keith what are you going to do with the 40% unemployment once the > economy is lean and agile? Kill them? Dunno about Keith, but I for one would re-define work and employ them all, _instead of_ wasting 80% - 1,200% of tax revenues for a BI that pays the gasoline to people who ride a Harley thru their 500-room castle. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
