Basic income – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Why Switzerland’s basic income idea is not crazy — By Scott Santens | Politico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/06/why-switzerlands-basic-income-idea-is-not-crazy-by-scott-santens-politico Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:39:57 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=26521  

Activists pose on top of a giant poster reading "What would you do if your income was taken care of?", setting the Guinness World Record for the largest poster ever printed, on May 14, 2016 in Plainpalais place in Geneva. A campaign group backing an unconditional minimum income in Switzerland set a Guinness Record for the world's largest poster on May 14, seeking to rally support for the controversial idea ahead of a referendum next month. The record breaking 8,115 square metre (87,350 square feet) poster was made with a series of massive black plastic sheets, with the words "What would you do if your income was taken of" written in gold lettering. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Activists pose on top of a giant poster reading “What would you do if your income was taken care of?”, setting the Guinness World Record for the largest poster ever printed, on May 14, 2016 in Plainpalais place in Geneva. A campaign group backing an unconditional minimum income in Switzerland set a Guinness Record for the world’s largest poster on May 14, seeking to rally support for the controversial idea ahead of a referendum next month. The record breaking 8,115 square metre (87,350 square feet) poster was made with a series of massive black plastic sheets, with the words “What would you do if your income was taken of” written in gold lettering. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

“Seven out of 10 voters fully expect another referendum in Switzerland, and the beginning of a necessary national conversation.”

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]]> Finland plans to give every citizen a basic income of 800 euros a month — By Olivia Goldhill | Quartz https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/12/finland-plans-to-give-every-citizen-a-basic-income-of-800-euros-a-month-by-olivia-goldhill-quartz Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:23:27 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=19812 ap_100219135942

“The Finnish government is currently drawing up plans to introduce a national basic income. A final proposal won’t be presented until November 2016, but if all goes to schedule, Finland will scrap all existing benefits and instead hand out 800 euros per month—to everyone.”

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