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It's not going to gain traction. Basic income may have benefits but a better solution that can be pass is programs to retrain these out of work people for new j

It's not going to gain traction. Basic income may have benefits but a better solution that can be pass is programs to retrain these out of work people for new jobs. Free education or trade would make us more competitive. A social safety net for those who lose jobs from automation is a reasonable solution. Basic income is a pipe dream in term of a new idea and we can't even get universal healthcare. I rather have universal healthcare first before this concept.

ghostDancer 10y ago
It should be a combination i think, you want a basic income ok, you need to study and retrain, so to get it you have to prove you are interested in improving and trying to get out of it. And yes i think universal healthcare should be a priority, i still can't understand what kind of brainwashing have common people to oppose it.
giardini 10y ago
digitalzombie says:"... a better solution that can be pass is programs to retrain these out of work people for new jobs. Free education or trade would make us more competitive." There is no evidence that more education makes countries more competitive. It certainly elevates the level of social and political discourse(just look at Egypt!8-)) and makes life more pleasant, which are certainly desirable goals. But our commonly-held belief that education (and especially, re-education) will bring about a resurgence in the economy is misguided. "where has all the education gone?" - Lance Pritchett https://www.google.com/search?q=pritchett+%22where+has+all+the+education+gone https://www.google.com/search?q=pritchett+%22where+has+all+t... There is also little evidence that education will reduce inequality: "Why More Education Won’t Fix Economic Inequality" https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education-wont-fix-economic-inequality.html# https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education... the source paper: http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/increasing_education_what_it_will_and_will_not_do_for_earnings_inequal/ http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/increasing_education_w... /
- foota 10y ago
  The times article states that education doesn't meaningfully affect income inequality, because rising inequality is mostly driven due to the rise of super wealthy. It is my opinion that we should be more concerned with the welfare of the bottom, not how high the ceiling is.

ghostDancer 10y ago

It should be a combination i think, you want a basic income ok, you need to study and retrain, so to get it you have to prove you are interested in improving and trying to get out of it. And yes i think universal healthcare should be a priority, i still can't understand what kind of brainwashing have common people to oppose it.

giardini 10y ago

digitalzombie says:"... a better solution that can be pass is programs to retrain these out of work people for new jobs. Free education or trade would make us more competitive." There is no evidence that more education makes countries more competitive. It certainly elevates the level of social and political discourse(just look at Egypt!8-)) and makes life more pleasant, which are certainly desirable goals. But our commonly-held belief that education (and especially, re-education) will bring about a resurgence in the economy is misguided. "where has all the education gone?" - Lance Pritchett https://www.google.com/search?q=pritchett+%22where+has+all+the+education+gone https://www.google.com/search?q=pritchett+%22where+has+all+t... There is also little evidence that education will reduce inequality: "Why More Education Won’t Fix Economic Inequality" https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education-wont-fix-economic-inequality.html# https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education... the source paper: http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/increasing_education_what_it_will_and_will_not_do_for_earnings_inequal/ http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/increasing_education_w... /

foota 10y ago
The times article states that education doesn't meaningfully affect income inequality, because rising inequality is mostly driven due to the rise of super wealthy. It is my opinion that we should be more concerned with the welfare of the bottom, not how high the ceiling is.