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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 aristarchus on Friday January 06 2017, @03:36AM
Oh, come on, Runaway! Tell about your encounter with the jigaboos! Expound on the constitutional grounds for striping citizenship from anchor babies! Affirm once again that you are not racist! We all love to hear your opinions on topics like these. Please go on, Runaway!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 06 2017, @02:56PM
I'm terribly racist, and known for my racism, right here in real life, Aristarchus. Monday, I returned to work after 7 weeks off for surgery. Want to know what happened when I walked in the door? An attractive 30-something black lady squealed, and hollered my name before I walked the short distance from the door, to the break room. As I walked into the break room, tall muscular black dude hammered my shoulder, and tells me "bout time you brought your lazy ass back to work!" This particular black dude is also a former squid - I think he missed swapping sea stories. Dropped my gear in the break room, and walked to the ops office. Little Mexican gal, 40 something, dropped what she was doing, and took the three paces to the door to give me a hug. My boss seemed to have an urge to hug me, but she restrained herself - which is just as well, 'cause she's not nearly so hot as the 40-something. After flapping my gums for a bit in the office, I walked out on the floor, to be loudly greeted by two more black ladies. All the guys, black, white, and Mexican, have a word of welcome for me, although few are as loud and boisterous as the women. Then, there's this nubile little thing who used to work third shift with us, but has moved to day shift. She's 23, and hot, hot, hot. When she saw me in the morning, she came running, and I though she was going to jump on me and hug me to death. I suppose that she remembered just in time that I am something of a lecher - she stopped, and beamed the most beautiful 23-year old nubilbe baby-doll smile at me, and chattered away for five minutes. Beautiful little anchor baby, that girl is.
I am hardly any less outspoken at work than I am here on the forum. I speak my mind in real life, just as I do here. Some people agree with some of my opinions, other people agree with other opinions, and some of my opinions don't have any real followers at all. But, these coworkers still love me.
Think about that for a bit. People who have worked with me for a decade, on a daily basis, people who have seen me at my best and my worst, don't seem to think that I'm a racist.
Do ya think that just maybe, the racism problem here is all in your head? Possibly, it's you who is the racist?
BTW - that lovely little anchor baby KNOWS that she's an anchor baby. Both her, and her big brother. Their opinions on the matter differ from mine, but we respect each other enough that we can actually discuss things like anchor babies.
Unlike here, where people of certain persuasions deem me to be subhuman because I know their politics are nothing but shit.
Damn, I wish I were about 40 years younger. I'd chase that little girl all around the plant . . . .
We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday January 06 2017, @10:22PM
I'd chase that little girl all around the plant . . . .
So, racist who wants to deport your fellow workers, but still a nice guy. This is the cognitive dissonance that we do not understand. You either are faking the politeness, or you are not serious about your political views. But it seems you are more on the side of pedophilia than anti-semitism? Umm, OK. . . . .
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 06 2017, @10:30PM
As sweet and beautiful as this little girl is, her parents were law breakers. They USED their children to get a toe in the door. I'll be OK if her parents are deported, and she and her brother are left here. Or, they can choose to leave with their parents. It's not that big a deal. Mexico hasn't been hit with a meteor, and become uninhabitable, since her parents left there.
Remember - illegal isn't a race. Illegal is illegal though.
If these Mexicans I work with can accept my point of view, WTF can't you? Were YOUR parents illegals? So, you take it personally?
Once again, the amendment was aimed at former slaves, and the offspring of former slaves. It was never intended to open the gates for an invading force of 50 million.
We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday January 06 2017, @11:04PM
You attack any American citizen, you attack them all! Doesn't matter whether you personally think they are legal, or not. You child lecher, you! What makes you even think I am one, though? Nationalism is an artificial and repugnant notion, as both you and the Donald are making abundantly clear. It is a betrayal of the principles of the American and French revolutions, which asserted the Rights of Man (Thomas Paine?), and Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. So why do you hate America?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 07 2017, @12:18AM
Utter horse shit. Pure, utter horse shit.
Citizenship is conferred via parentage, not by an accident of location at birth.
"Nationalism is an artificial and repugnant notion"
THIS is why you are no American. You've rejected the very concept of Americanism. You've rejected the concept of German, French, British, or Chinese citizenship, along with American citizenship. In your view of the world, anyone can come from anywhwere, and demand an equal voice in government. It is you and your kind who betray America.
Oh - the French revolution? A bit of mass hysteria, really. http://articles.latimes.com/1989-11-24/news/vw-242_1_salem-witch-trials [latimes.com]
We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday January 07 2017, @12:31AM
I now have reliable intelligence that shows "Runaway1956" to be a 16-year-old female working in a "fake-news" operation in Macedonia. She has evaded detection for so long because she is almost a perfect facsimile of an older middle-aged redneck hillbilly male from the Southern United States of America. Reports suggest that the "fake-news" operation was in fact set up several years ago by Russian operatives paving the way for Donald Trump to be elected President of the US. Not only a traitor, but not even a real person. Cool story, bro!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 07 2017, @12:51AM
When you've run out of sensible things to say, always fall back on personal attacks. That's the ticket, Aristarchus. Chapter six in the SJW manual, right?
We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday January 07 2017, @02:06AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/06/the-hillary-for-mayor-story-proves-that-we-learn-nothing/ [washingtonpost.com]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 07 2017, @02:36AM
Mannfred Mann for Mayor? Alright, I'll go for that. Well, I would if I were eligible to vote in NYC.
We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.