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Basic Income is a subject that regularly surfaces in Soylent discussions, so here's a story about Finland's impending experiment with it:
Finland has become the first country in Europe to pay its unemployed citizens a basic monthly income, amounting to 560 euros ($587 US), in a unique social experiment which is hoped to cut government red tape, reduce poverty and boost employment.
Olli Kangas from the Finnish government agency KELA, which is responsible for the country's social benefits, said Monday that the two-year trial with the 2,000 randomly picked citizens who receive unemployment benefits kicked off Jan. 1.
Those chosen will receive 560 euros every month, with no reporting requirements on how they spend it. The amount will be deducted from any benefits they already receive.
The average private sector income in Finland is 3,500 euros per month, according to official data.
Also at The Guardian and swissinfo.ch.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 05 2017, @01:28PM
Oh, I agree on your first statement on regulatory capture. It's a shame you flipped the coin and came down with the exact opposite position for your proles. This is why I can never have any respect for a position you hold. Your ideals and ethics are subordinate to your emotions. You literally do not give a single damn about right and wrong as long as your team ends up better off. This makes you equally as corrupt and without morals as any lobbyist; come to think of it, that's precisely what you are.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday January 05 2017, @05:52PM
Jesus fucking Christ, Uzzard, I can't keep replacing the fuses in the ol' Irony-o-meter. The sheer level of selfish projection and hypocrisy in this post actually made a mental record scratch sound go off in my head. I literally went "*vzzzzzrrrpt?!*" reading that.
You seem to fancy yourself some kind of radical, and I believe you even used the word to describe yourself here. Unfortunately, you are completely and diametrically wrong on this too: the word you're looking for is "reactionary." Only someone with a grasp of history to rival, say, a slightly stunned oyster, would advocate the things you do and think they're in any way new or innovative.
The real festering colon-cancer-polyp cherry on this shit-sundae of a cake is when you, YOU, accuse ME of pure emotional reasoning. Listen and listen good, carrion breath: tone policing is not an argument. Being angry does not make someone wrong. If you don't like my tone, feel free to fuck off and never come back; you can be replaced. You can't even throw a proper tu quoque fallacy, you festering moron.
Stick to coding. It's the one thing you're any good at.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...