Posted: Dec 07, 2015 3:26 pm
laklak wrote:800E a month "Basic" income? That's pretty fucking basic, that's for sure. No one I know could live on that, unless you're living in a kraal in Swaziland. I don't think any of our citizens would willingly live in a mud hut with a couple of cows, no running water, and a hole in the ground to shit in. If the basic income isn't enough to actually live on, even if that's a pretty basic living, then what's the fucking point? Take money from me to then give it back to me? Sounds tailor made to generate a massive bureaucracy of clerks and managers, all sucking off the public tit. And as with ANY governmental enterprise, a massive amount of that money will just disappear, POOF.
It's probably not enough to live on indeed; however, it does allow someone who works, say, 5 days a week to work 4 days a week without loss of income. If 5 people do this then 1 more full time job comes into existence thus reducing unemployment quite a bit. (granted, this would't work for every type of job).