8 years ago
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Universal Basic Income Is Inevitable, Unavoidable, and Incoming
The last time I saw universal basic income discussed on television, it was laughed away by a Conservative MP as an absurd idea. The government giving away wads of cash responsibility-free to the entire population sounds entirely fantastical in this austerity-bound age, where “we just don’t have the money” is repeated endlessly as a mantra. Money, they say, does not grow on trees. (Only as figures on the screen of a computer).
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The old axiom of if government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take it away comes to mind. Basic income may come to pass, no doubt, but is it just a new way of control? We are certainly heading towards a rewrite on how society is going to be managed. I have my concerns about who is going to mange it and how. The disparity between the haves and the have nots can grow even more when a ruling elite doles out what will be considered your fair share. It is in the process of being that now in our current system, fewer and fewer people holding wealth and power. I'm not sure handing it all over to them is helpful. It will all be digitized....and it's just a stone's throw from chipping.