Sally Lerner wrote: > I can't see how it's worse to have a secure basic income under everyone > than to have almost everyone at the mercy of wage slavery or no "job" in > our loopy economic system.
Injustice could become even worse, e.g. because income tax on actual work gets even heavier, and because the middle class ends up paying a BI to the rich. Instead of work, exploitation and other negative things should be taxed heavily! > I agree that most people want to work--at something they care about and > enjoy. What most people could do without is complete dependence on an > income that requires them to hold a 'job', under the control of someone > else, where they are 'employed' (used) as the means to someone else's ends. I think we all want more justice in how various activities get paid. But the key question is whether BI will actually bring more justice (or less!), and how BI will be funded (or rather, WHO will end up paying for it). > Then there are the jobs that are beneath business press notice--so dull, > dirty and dangerous that only the desperate take them (or we import > immigrants to do them). At least, with basic income, people could refuse > to be employed in this way until wages and working conditions were improved. So nobody will want to do these jobs anymore, especially since you heavily tax any income above the BI. How can a society function without these jobs getting done? > How to finance a basic income in any given society has been closely studied > in a number of countries. Can you point to some actual online information on this? I mean really hard facts & figures, not just the usual blah-blah on BI sites... Cheers, Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
