Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:
And who will decide who is most deserving of
death?
Who is deciding now whether you get welfare or
sleep on the street. Some person with a job of enforcing the criteria set
out by legislation as to who is worthy or not. In Ontario, where I live,
there are over a million people on welfare - each one is at the mercy of someone
or some change in legislation that can put their health or life in jeopardy - is
that right or fair?
It is the abuses that a Basic Income could
address by its Universality. What about criminals. Well, why not
have them pay for their own incarceration. They will lose their personal
freedom and the right to decide how their Basic Income is spent but there would
be no need for this incarceration to be any more of an expense to society than
it was already willing to pay. Is this a compelling reason for the Basic
Income? What about criminals who act our of anger because of their
poverty. Might not a Basic income eliminate a considerable percentage of
crime?
Respectfully,
Thomas Lunde
