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I think you are on the right track. Give everybody some discretionary amount, but also the ‘universal basics’ as you described. So, everybody has a food accou
by dillonmckay 7y ago
I think you are on the right track. Give everybody some discretionary amount, but also the ‘universal basics’ as you described.
So, everybody has a food account, an internet account, a housing account, a healthcare account, and a ‘fun’ account for whatever. Funds cannot be intermingled, nor spent on out of category items/services.
- jon889 7y agoThat sounds like a lot of effort and money that will have to go into developing and enforcing that. Also it's more "nannying" than just giving people enough more to live on, and then it's up to them how they use it.
- dillonmckay 7y agoRight, so if they blow it all on chocolate or Steam games, and they become ill, should they just be forced to be sick and homeless?
- galvin 7y agoDepends on how healthcare and housing are handled. In most developed countries they would end up in a homeless shelter or social housing and be covered by national healthcare.