Income for doing what? The folks here who have guaranteed income are impossible to deal with, be they welfare recipients or dividend-receiving wealthy. Guaranteed income only creates arrogant, difficult-to-tolerate people.
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CLAWS Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery
There already is a guaranteed minimum income. It’s $0.00. Everybody is guaranteed that. Start providing goods and services of value to your fellow men, and you’ll earn above the minimum guarantee. The more value you produce, the more you’ll exceed the minimum guarantee.
If Obama could have just one more term, we could have this here.
Coming soon to ‘Murica.
Hope they have enough bullets to ensure compliance, like the Soviet Union did.
Sometimes I just can't fathom what goes through the minds of socialists. Actually, I can - they wear their heart on their sleeves and shut down any logic to the contrary. The above is the biggest bunch of gobblygook I've read this week. It doesn't even make sense, unless your some over-educated socialist academic.
And liberals wonder why conservatives are fed up with their make believe utopian policies. They don't make sense and their ideals and policies have NEVER worked.
Seriously, read it again,
"It is an innovative measure that is the pillar of social solidarity of tomorrow". Yes, I can figure out what he's trying to say, but can he and the negative repercussions from his socialist teachings? And if he can, does he understand the ultimate consequences of "social solidarity" and why Greece economics are in the toilet? Gawd, I hate, yes hate, socialists.
This is ridiculous.
There are two kinds of People in this World, the ones that think they are owed a Living, and the ones that owe them a Living.
This was made possible, Samaras said "with the surpluses of the country and the fact that Greece can cover its social needs on its own."
Who knew? Perhaps the Greek translation of "surplus" is "German tax payer".
The cradle of civilization has a hole in it and the “baby” will fall to the ground and die. Does that about sum it up?
Actually, its a reform long overdue. Greece can no longer afford its bloated, inefficient and wasteful welfare system.
Replacing it with a MGI would allow to people to earn and keep money over their income guarantee, it would unleash individuals and families to work harder and it would ensure social stability. The idea is to reward people to make as much money as they want and to become rich.
Welfare keeps people poor; its discourages work and it doesn’t promote well-being of individuals and families. No one has any incentive to do better out of fear of losing their meager government benefits.
Its good to see conservatives and liberals get behind a social initiative that shows a great deal of promise in attacking poverty and social injustice. The pilot program looks worth the while. I wish Greece good luck with it.
What could possibly go wrong?
“This was made possible, Samaras said “with the surpluses of the country and the fact that Greece can cover its social needs on its own.”
Greece was closer than a gnat’s ass from going bankrupt a couple years ago, they were bailed out twice.
And according to BlackRock back in Jul 14, “Greece is the likeliest country to go bankrupt, even surpassing countries embroiled in civil strife and tension, such as Egypt and Ukraine.”