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Have you bought into the Puritan work ethic? \u2028Do you think everyone should have a job?<\/strong> \u2028What happens as more work is outsourced to underdeveloped \u2018cheap\u2019 countries, and in the West increasingly robots do the work?\u2028Why not have a \u201cbasic income\u201d \u2028Switzerland will vote on whether to introduce the model on June 5, 2016. This has come about by a petition which has been circulating, and enough signatures \u2028Critics have stated that the model would encourage people to leave the labour market and would fuel a sense of injustice from those who continue to work Can we in NZ afford it? Perhaps not at the rate Switzerland is suggesting but do not dismiss the idea yet. We do after all, have a universal basic income \u2028There will have to be changes to the tax system and the money creation system. That is for sure, but what is wrong with introducing a financial transaction \u2028We bumped into Labour MP David Cunliffe at the radio station, just before we did the interview and he mentioned a sum of $50 a week might be appropriate A UBI would be a major change in the way wealth is transferred. It recognises the contribution to society that people who don\u2019t necessarily get paid, like As jobs get more and more automated and outsourced people will inevitably be squeezed into fewer and fewer jobs, many of them poorly paid. Continue this
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\n paid to every individual to cover their basic needs. The governments would pay the same amount of money to each person, regardless of whether they
\n work. \u2028A Universal (or Unconditional) Basic Income acknowledges that every individual has the same unconditional right to a basic income, sufficient
\n for them to live in dignity.<\/p>\n
\n were collected to insist on a binding referendum. Supporters of the initiative have suggested that each adult would receive 2,500 francs (a whopping
\n $3755.18 New Zealand dollars) a month, with children receiving 625 francs (NZ $938.80) a month until they reach 18. Their idea is to alleviate poverty.<\/p>\n
\n to support those who choose not to. But can we really provide jobs for all, and do we need to?\u2028 Apparently 64% of Europeans would vote in favour of
\n a UBI, and only 4% would stop working, according to a poll conducted by German company Dalia Research, in April 2016.<\/p>\n
\n operating for super-annuitants!\u2028 At the moment most of the debate centres around its affordability, with most people thinking it\u2019s either too good
\n to be true, or too expensive to be good. <\/p>\n
\n tax, and a capital gains tax? \u2028If the Reserve bank printed more money would it really contribute substantially to inflation \u2013 or is that just a story
\n told to us to keep us in debt?<\/p>\n
\n for a UBI. It is great that the Labour Party is considering a UBI, but I would say to that, why bother for only $50. The amount has to be possible
\n to live off to be implemented without social welfare top ups. Introduced fully it will reduce a large amount of unpleasant bureaucracy associated with
\n benefits. <\/p>\n
\n at-home spouses, artists, or volunteers in the community. \u2028It gives people more choice so they can, if they wish, quit their job to do training, or
\n go back to tertiary education.<\/p>\n
\n process, and it is obvious that it is completely inequitable and unacceptable that people\u2019s right to have the basics to live by, is in the hands of
\n employers and corporate gate-keepers.<\/p>\n