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originally posted by: schuyler
This kind of experiment has been done in the USA for years. You just haven't heard about it. I knew a guy in the seventies who was part of one of these programs. He got $600 a month (Bear in mind this was 1970 or so.) He spent all the money on turquoise jewelry.
originally posted by: CB328
Well, people here have talked about this being a possibility before, now it's happening. Finland is going to experiment with giving some poor people subsistence money. The idea is that this is different from normal welfare, where if you start making money you lose benefits. They think this way more people will actually work since they won't lose this income from making money. I know most people here will hate this idea, but it may work better in the long run. Time will tell.
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originally posted by: schuyler
This kind of experiment has been done in the USA for years. You just haven't heard about it. I knew a guy in the seventies who was part of one of these programs. He got $600 a month (Bear in mind this was 1970 or so.) He spent all the money on turquoise jewelry.
I know most people here will hate this idea, but it may work better in the long run.
originally posted by: ilpero
Here in Finland (yes, i live here) if you are unemployed etc you get anyways something like rent + 500 / month, but the money comes from many places, it takes lots of bureaucrazy (xcuse mua my english ) and is complex and tiring system for even the people who work at the "industry". The new trial period is nothing groundbreaking. You would get that money anyway if you happen to fall on that category.
The idea was that instead of this money, that money and whatnot money that all effect another and makes it so complex you would just always get this X money + what you earn. It should be lot cheaper, less byrocrats, less offices and so on. Somehow our politicians managed to water down the essence of this experiment, so the results are fixed and this trial will fail even before this trial period is over. Someone wants to this go south...
originally posted by: WUNK22
I'm a musician who works to survive. If this happens in the US I'd never work again, just do my music. I'd become a leech that does nothing but play guitar and consume. Paying people not to work isn't a solution for anything. Truth....
originally posted by: WUNK22
I'm a musician who works to survive. If this happens in the US I'd never work again, just do my music. I'd become a leech that does nothing but play guitar and consume. Paying people not to work isn't a solution for anything. Truth....