O n Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Basic Income is a neo liberal proposal. It would allow, at a first moment, > to politically privatize welfare and healthcare services, in places where > otherwise there would exist universal care, to be in the hands of private > institutions. This institutions could set expenses high enough and, thus, > allocating from the basic income while providing low quality services. So, > it's retrograde instead of a progressive thing. > > Basic income doesn't have to be regressive. Yes some "neo-liberals" would like to use it to privatize healthcare and to completely dismantle the welfare state but the basic income movement has advocat es from across the political spectrum. This article makes it clear that the basic income movement is not driven by a single socio-economic vision . Exposing a fragile coalition: The state of the basic income debate http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog /2016/10/21/exposing-a-fragile-coalition-the-state-of-the-basic-income-debate/ << Yet despite (or perhaps because of) intensified interest in basic income, the debate has become more polarised than ever. It is an elegant balance of justice and liberty; it is the worst of all possible worlds. It is the saviour of the welfare state; it will destroy it. It can be implemented tomorrow; it is a vague and distant utopia. >> Harry
