Posted: Dec 07, 2015 3:37 pm
JoeB wrote: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).
Part time working is very popular here. Even the normal week which is these days 36 hours is even almost part time in many countries. Most people just have an extra day off every two weeks. This is normally happens in professional employees. This extra money would be helpful to the others to move into part time.
Dutch love free time.