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The Swiss Are About to Vote No on Basic Income
- dingo_bat 10y agoAlthough the idea of a guaranteed basic income seems to me a very ill thought out one, I would love to see the results of such a program in a small country like Switzerland. So please Swiss people, be the guinea pigs for the rest of us and vote for your basic income.
- zo1 10y agoI'd like to see a valid, largeish-scale test-run of it too, and I'm against the concept entirely. If anything, it'll give us a go-to example against or for the idea. Though, to be fair, with the way governments/politicians seem to handle failed/failing projects, it might not be such a great idea.
- namlem 10y agoBasic income, if implemented without certain companion policies, is destined for failure. There is simply no way to affordable provide basic income to people in most places at current costs of living. Anything more than $10k a year is just too unrealistic from a budget standpoint. That's enough for the rural US, but it's far from enough in most places. What we need is policies to reduce the cost of housing, such as subsidies for high density, low cost units. We have the ability to make very cheap housing out of factory built modular components, but there are tons of other hurdles, like regulation and NIMBYism. Transportation is another major cost, but fortunately that one is about to be solved. In the US, healthcare is still a major issue however.
- daveguy 10y agoOne quote from the article made me go whaaat? "Basic income is a centuries-old idea..." Is this true? I think a citation is needed on that point. Has it been tried? Are they conflating BI with communism or some other very different idea?
- choosername 10y agocomunism ring any bell?
- mac01021 10y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Justice https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Justice
- poelzi 10y agoBasic income requires a different financial model. Inflationary fiat money is a terrible idea, especially with banking controlling the creation process. I like plan-b as a quite comprehensive model, but I would separate scientific funding as well. http://www.wissensmanufaktur.net/media/pdf/plan-b-english.pdf http://www.wissensmanufaktur.net/media/pdf/plan-b-english.pd...
- choosername 10y agothat puts the income in perspective, it obviously has an anticedent. To get the optimum a compromise has to be met. Automation is shifting the compromise in favour of minimal working hours per existing job. Although, it creates opportunity for new jobs with higher learning curve. This has to be compromised for timely efficiency.The first compromise was intensity. ...
- aminok 10y agoAny vote against authoritarianism should be celebrated.