Basic income aka perustulo is popular topic in current Finnish politics. I believe the Green League (which is unusually large party here - nearly 10% share) ado

Basic income aka perustulo is popular topic in current Finnish politics. I believe the Green League (which is unusually large party here - nearly 10% share) adopted it first. Recent polls indicate that the idea of Basic income could be favored by 30% of Finns. More about the lengthy Finnish debate on Basic income: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffi.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPerustulo&sl=fi&tl=en http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h... marvin commented about Norway's "uførepensjon". Finland has it too. If you aren't able to get work for years and are deemed unemployable, you can get "unemployment pension" much in the same way as sick pension. But basic income is another thing. Everyone - including the employed - would get a lump sum of basic income. On top of that they could earn extra by working (taxable income) or just live off with the basic income. It is seen as a way to drastically simplify the welfare system, where some money is simply lost to bureaucracy. The caveat is the possibility that too many could choose not to earn extra money by working.