Great. Here is an American interviewing a Canadian about an upcoming Basic income experiment in Ontario, Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okx60F3eHpo Harry On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Lennart Thornros <lenn...@thornros.com> wrote: > Harry, > I liked the discussion. > There was much to take from this debate. > Just as important is to change the tax system and the power distribution. > Obviously a progressive tax system but a smooth progress. Take away all > deductions and tax all type of income equally. > Eliminate all double taxation. > The definition of work needs to be looked upon with reality in mind. > When the garbage workers go on strike it is an emergency after a week or > two. > When the bankers went on strike in Ireland everything went on as usual and > after six months the bankers began work again. > There is work and then there is work. > Finland an Switzerland are considering seriously to implement the idea. > I suppose the US should try at least to look into the issue. We certainly > have a more complicated social system than most European countries. > The debate showed that there are not without problem to implement something > like basic income. > Unfortunately there is a lot of people that think a step wise change would > be good. > It reminds me of the proposal when Sweden went from left to right side > driving in -67; "why don't we start with the trucks?" > We have a tendency to overthink things. In Switzerland they talk about 2,500 > CH franken (CHF) per adult and 800 CHF for children. > I think that type of complication will open up for complications. > Anyhow, the debate was good. I think we need something to make things more > equal all over the world. > I think the timing is ripe. Just like all changes it has resistance. > > Best Regards , > Lennart Thornros > > > lenn...@thornros.com > +1 916 436 1899 > > Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and > enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass. (PJM) > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:23 PM, H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03kptyk >> BBC audio >> What if governments paid all their citizens a basic income? Whether >> rich or poor, you would receive the same amount of money, and you >> would keep it whether you went out to work and received a salary or >> not. It is an idea that has been around for centuries, but one that >> has been gaining traction in recent times as welfare payments become >> ever more complex and expensive to administer. Proponents also argue >> that it would remove the 'poverty trap' where people are dissuaded >> from seeking work because they would lose their benefits if they did >> so. There is also the issue of machines taking over many of the jobs >> that we all do to earn a living - not just basic manual tasks, but >> increasingly 'intelligent' work that will in the future be carried out >> by robots. Join Owen Bennett Jones and his panel of expert guests as >> they discuss the future of work and how we pay for it. Should we give >> free money to everyone and let robots take the strain? >> >
