Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:01 am, April 1st, 2016 - 221 comments
Categories: economy, jobs, labour, making shit up, spin
Tags: imperator fish, ubi, unconditional basic income
… terrifying cost of Labour’s UBI Labour has been discussing the… a similar estimate on the UBI today, which lead to an…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:00 am, March 31st, 2016 - 117 comments
Categories: benefits, grant robertson, john key, labour, making shit up, national, national/act government, paula bennett, same old national, slippery, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: jordan williams, ubi, universal basic income
… the focus on the UBI and the attack of …like everyone will get the UBI whether they are working or… then concludes that a UBI in the form that …therefore all thoughts of a UBI should be stopped immediately …particular imagined form of a UBI is a bad thing….
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:19 am, March 27th, 2016 - 200 comments
Categories: class war, economy, jobs, john key, wages, workers' rights
Tags: bernard hickey, ubi
… stresses. Final word on the UBI: We should do some proper…
Written By: RedLogix - Date published: 1:41 pm, March 26th, 2016 - 31 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
… is right now with the UBI, we can't bring ourselves to… Big Ideas, nothing stopping a UBI, but somewhere along the lines…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:32 am, March 26th, 2016 - 167 comments
Categories: economy, jobs, labour, leadership
Tags: future of work, leadership, ten big ideas
… here). Item 6 on the UBI has generated the most discussion…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:30 am, March 24th, 2016 - 144 comments
Categories: David Farrar, dpf, john key, making shit up, national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: bradley ambrose, david farrar, flag distraction, ubi, universal basic income
…project the possibility of a UBI has been floated. The…Almost all individuals discussing a UBI raise the question of whether… also utterly, hopelessly dishonest. UBI policies are based on providing… aware that under any UBI existing social welfare payments …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 12:43 pm, March 14th, 2016 - 361 comments
Categories: benefits, economy, employment, jobs, labour, leadership, welfare
Tags: forward thinking, future of work, ubi, unconditional basic income
… future. Pure universal basic income (UBI) systems, in theory, would give…, the idea is that a UBI would be set at a… for a debate on a UBI. "We are keen to have…
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 7:05 am, December 18th, 2015 - 104 comments
Categories: class war, cost of living, discrimination, minimum wage, poverty, quality of life, Social issues, welfare
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… falls short of a true UBI, it promises to be a…
Written By: Colonial Viper - Date published: 2:09 pm, August 2nd, 2015 - 127 comments
Categories: benefits, capitalism, cost of living, Economy, employment, equality, Globalisation, jobs, poverty, socialism, uncategorized, welfare, workers' rights
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… a 'paid job.' A UBI would allow people to focus… we can see how a UBI can completely change the picture… poorly paid precarious jobs. A UBI gives a far greater sense… a principle of justice, a UBI provides security and provides dignity…
Written By: Colonial Viper - Date published: 7:17 am, August 1st, 2015 - 78 comments
Categories: business, capitalism, Economy, employment, jobs
Tags: future of work, labour, technology
… is where concepts like a UBI are extremely important in that…
Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:52 am, June 26th, 2015 - 97 comments
Categories: capitalism, climate change, Economy, Environment, global warming, International, welfare
Tags: AGW, climate change, ubi
…%. My thoughts are that a UBI may well become a necessary…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:31 pm, February 20th, 2015 - 4 comments
Categories: economy
Tags: Guy Standing, public lecture
Guy Standing will be talking UBI, precariat etc – should be very interesting
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:22 am, November 1st, 2014 - 188 comments
Categories: economy, employment, jobs, quality of life
Tags: automation, david clark, humans need not apply, robotics, ubi
The world is changing, and thanks to technology the changes are coming faster and faster. We probably don't spend enough time thinking about the consequences. This short (15 minute) documentary, "Humans Need Not Apply" is a real eye opener (hat tip to my …
Written By: flip - Date published: 10:30 am, February 25th, 2014 - 14 comments
Categories: Economy, tax
Tags: economy, income inequality, tax
… previous post "UBI: Addressing Inequality" on how a UBI would address inequality…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:39 am, January 26th, 2014 - 207 comments
Categories: benefits, capitalism, class, class war, david cunliffe, Economy, minimum wage
Tags: spirit level, ubi
Trickledown is one of the most hated phrases in the progressive lexicon. It is based on the premise that to improve the plight of everyone all that we need to do is give the already wealthy more and the benefits will trickle down to everyone else. It is …
Written By: KJT - Date published: 12:46 pm, January 25th, 2014 - 68 comments
Categories: benefits, class war, Economy, equality, Politics, poverty, quality of life, tax, welfare
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…-should-we-push-for-a-ubi-universal-basic-income/ An often… against increases in welfare, including UBI, minimum wages, or payments to… in this direction. However, a UBI is a change in distribution…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:15 pm, January 22nd, 2014 - 35 comments
Categories: benefits, Economy, tax, welfare
Tags: income inequality, ubi
… distribution and show how a UBI (Universal Basic Income) can create… experimenting with different levels of UBI and assumptions. Further comments are… different scenarios. The 25K and UBI scenarios alter the government funding…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:44 am, January 22nd, 2014 - 106 comments
Categories: benefits, child welfare, crime, paula bennett, Social issues, welfare
Tags: polity, ubi, unconditional basic income
… debate on unconditional basic income (UBI) and how to raise kids…
Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:37 pm, January 17th, 2014 - 27 comments
Categories: benefits, class war, Economy, employment, global warming, human rights, poverty, superannuation, sustainability, welfare
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…memes-and-paradigms/ Why a UBI? Firstly. To overturn some … Why should we use a UBI? A UBI empowers everyone, especially those… medium enterprises (SME's). A UBI and initial flat tax rates…tax system possible with a UBI makes compliance easier, especially for…
Written By: KJT - Date published: 9:34 pm, January 12th, 2014 - 227 comments
Categories: benefits, class war, economy, Economy, equality, human rights, poverty, sustainability, welfare
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… is a follow up from. /ubi/ (Thanks for all the comments… corner and say that a UBI is the only answer. (Thanks…
Written By: KJT - Date published: 8:47 pm, January 7th, 2014 - 361 comments
Categories: child welfare, Economy, human rights, minimum wage, monetary policy, political alternatives, poverty, socialism, superannuation, vision, welfare
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Thanks to NZ Femme who put up this link. https://decorrespondent.nl/541/why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/31639050894-e44e2c00 "‘It Can Be Done! Conquering Poverty in the US by 1976’, James Tobin, who would go on to win a Nobel Prize, wrote in 1967…
Written By: Colonial Viper - Date published: 12:40 pm, October 20th, 2013 - 333 comments
Categories: labour
Tags:
… citizens an “Unconditional Basic Income” (UBI) set at a remarkable US…
Written By: KJT - Date published: 11:58 am, September 5th, 2013 - 232 comments
Categories: benefits, capitalism, child welfare, class war, climate change, cost of living, economy, Economy, employment, equality, families, global warming, heritage, human rights, jobs, minimum wage, monetary policy, poverty, socialism, superannuation, sustainability, tax, uncategorized, welfare, workers' rights
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…dignity. The Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) provides this. With this basic… they can live on the UBI and pursue other activities – … new business ventures. The UBI offers the prospect of ensuring…economy. Flat taxes over the UBI rate, are possible, which …
Written By: RedLogix - Date published: 7:56 am, February 16th, 2013 - 81 comments
Categories: uncategorized
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… these principles even further. The UBI idea is not new. It…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:29 am, September 14th, 2011 - 64 comments
Categories: benefits, tax, wages
Tags:
… all if they get the UBI. Because of benefit abatement rates…
Written By: RedLogix - Date published: 11:44 pm, February 28th, 2011 - 96 comments
Categories: tax
Tags: universal basic income
… it's most stalwart proponents of UBI …Keith Rankin. ) At $…everyone receives exactly the same UBI and every dollar earned, whether… Morgan prominently pushed the UBI idea when he dissented …apparent, the more attractive UBI becomes as a sound alternative…
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