Basic income 'unlocked dozens of doors for me,' supporter says amid call for national program | CBC News
Basic income 'unlocked dozens of doors for me,' supporter says amid call for national program | CBC News
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It’s true, it turns out that people have more opportunities and can attain more success and better lives when they’re not totally financially fucked over.
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Literally my #1 policy priority.
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I’d say:
- Reverse citizens united.
- Institute voting reform, abolishing gerrymandering and introducing ranked choice voting.
- Enshrine reproductive freedom.
- Levy massive wealth taxes to fund social safety nets with an emphasis on Medicare for all.
- Heavily tax non-primary residences, dismantle investing in housing for profit.
- Thoroughly and completely audit the military budget. Cut waste spending.
- UBI
That’s just, like, my personal list, man.
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My list:
Abolish copyright, benefits, pensions, and the like to replace them with a universal basic income tied to whichever is higher of the comsumer price index or the retail price index.
Fund the previous with a new diminishing returns tax system that effectively caps the amount individuals can make at £2b, and caps revenue of businesses at £10b.
Try to rejoin the EU, if they're willing to.
Lower the voting age to 16.
Abolish constinuency first-pass-the-post voting for national voting to replace it with ranked choice popular voting.
Ban non-medically necessary mutilation of minors under the age of 13, and non-consenting citizens above that age.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
resident was a student at Trent University in 2017 when then-premier Kathleen Wynne's government launched the largest basic income pilot North America had seen in 50 years.
Authors write it made participants feel more dignified, proud and confident, allowed them more agency in how they spent their time and money, and did not seem to disincentivize work.
"Almost every single person we spoke with used basic income in a positive way to improve their lives … [the program] worked precisely as it was meant to."
David said often, conversation around basic income is limited to labour market impact, but what people really wanted to talk about was being able to afford things like nice glasses, their child's favourite food or a new mattress.
She's now the interim executive director of food security non-profit The Nourish and Develop Foundation, and says that although speaking about one's experience with social assistance can come with a lot of stigma, it's important to advocate.
Topfer contributed to a zine David and her BICYN co-chair Chloe Halpenny produced based on the new report and then distributed to schools, libraries and elected officials throughout the country.
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