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'''Basic income''' is a term for a [[socialist]] policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an [[income]] regardless of their [[employment]] status. | '''Basic income''' is a term for a [[socialist]] policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an [[income]] regardless of their [[employment]] status. | ||
| − | Various proposals for a universal basic income have been discussed in different countries, usually supported by the Left. For example, in 2016, voters in [[Switzerland]] rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/06/swiss-voters-reject-money-for-nothing-universal-income-proposal.html Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.</ref> [[Finland]] began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.<ref>Multiple references: | + | Various proposals for a universal basic income have been discussed in different countries, usually supported by the Left.<ref>Schlesinger, Jacob M. (January 11, 2020). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/minimum-income-ideas-get-widest-airing-in-50-years-11578718860 Minimum-Income Ideas Get Widest Airing in 50 Years]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 11, 2020.</ref> For example, in 2016, voters in [[Switzerland]] rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/06/swiss-voters-reject-money-for-nothing-universal-income-proposal.html Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.</ref> [[Finland]] began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.<ref>Multiple references: |
*Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/25/failure-finland-terminate-universal-basic-income-experiment/ Failure: Finland to Terminate Universal Basic Income Experiment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018. | *Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/25/failure-finland-terminate-universal-basic-income-experiment/ Failure: Finland to Terminate Universal Basic Income Experiment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018. | ||
*DeMarche, Edmund (April 25, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/25/finland-to-end-its-universal-basic-income-program-by-years-end.html Finland to end its universal basic income program by year's end]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018. | *DeMarche, Edmund (April 25, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/25/finland-to-end-its-universal-basic-income-program-by-years-end.html Finland to end its universal basic income program by year's end]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018. | ||
Revision as of 21:55, January 11, 2020
Basic income is a term for a socialist policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an income regardless of their employment status.
Various proposals for a universal basic income have been discussed in different countries, usually supported by the Left.[1] For example, in 2016, voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.[2] Finland began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.[3] Ontario's newly-elected conservative government also rejected a basic income pilot program in July 2018.[4]
According to the France-based Public Services International and the Britain-based New Economics Foundation – left-of-center organizations – universal basic income does not work well in practice.[5]
The El Paso Walmart shooter claimed that legal immigration was hampering implementation of a universal basic income.[6]
References
- ↑ Schlesinger, Jacob M. (January 11, 2020). Minimum-Income Ideas Get Widest Airing in 50 Years. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ↑ Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal. Fox News (from the Associated Press). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). Failure: Finland to Terminate Universal Basic Income Experiment. Breitbart News. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- DeMarche, Edmund (April 25, 2018). Finland to end its universal basic income program by year's end. Fox News. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- Friedman, Victoria (February 9, 2019). Finland’s ‘Free Money’ Experiment Failed to Encourage Unemployed to Find Work. Breitbart News. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ↑ Singman, Brooke (August 1, 2018). Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment. Fox News. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ↑ Vadum, Matthew (May 17, 2019). Universal Basic Income Programs Don’t Work Well, Report Says. The Epoch Times. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/
External links
- Time for a UBI?, by R. Cort Kirkwood of The New American