In one of the most flagrantly opportunistic political redefinitions I've ever seen, the UK recently raised the minimum wage and called it Living Wage: sufficien

In one of the most flagrantly opportunistic political redefinitions I've ever seen, the UK recently raised the minimum wage and called it Living Wage: sufficiently accurate to be arguable but completely co-opting the concept without even acknowledging the intention. Several young, intelligent people I know actually believe the fuss about a basic income they've heard is just a minimum wage increase. I haven't run the numbers per-country but just the idea seems sufficiently interesting to be plausible. Allowing BS political branding to dilute it to "another random budget change" is a total disservice to not just the poorer part of society but also to the future of the social system.