They would just crank up zero income to $10,000 and the rest of us who didn't qualify for some reason would have negative income and "poor houses." Then we would get food as an incentive to work, just like the Bolshiviks. Or they would treat it like welfare and create a whole new bureaucracy to check on whether we were wasting it or not. So many opportunities to judge others and function as gatekeepers to heaven. You don't believe me, check the one place they could try out their social theories, the reserves. That worked great! Now on to everyone.
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:41 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Meeting on social rights issues http://www3.sympatico.ca/francislerner/ BASIC INCOME/Canada Note that Sally Lerner who co-hosts FW is a major force in the basic income discussions in Canada and abroad. Arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:56 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] Meeting on social rights issues I attended a meeting this morning that dealt with whether issues such as access to food and housing are human rights. The speakers, Leilani Farha of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accomodation and Bruce Porter of the Social Rights Advocacy Centre, argued very strongly that food and housing were indeed human rights and should be recognized as such. They were followed by a strongly argued presentation by Senator Hugh Segal (Canadian, not American, Senate) on the need for a Guaranteed Annual Income, which, he argued, could easily be provided via the income tax system. If we had a GAI, Segal argued, we wouldn't have to worry about public housing, food banks, etc. All very well, but if it made that much sense and could readily be implemented, why hasn't it been done? There wasn't time to ask him that, however, because he had to dash back to Parliament Hill. Segal is a Conservative, though appointed by Paul Martin, a Liberal Prime Minister, not Stephen Harper, the current Conservative P.M. He does, however, carry a lot of political weight, so why isn't he pushing very hard instead of just making speeches? Maybe he is, but we can't know it because of the fog surrounding our government. Ed
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