Franklin Wayne Poley wrote: > > > The Swiss constitution (article 12) contains the right to a humane existence > > and assistance to those who can't look after themselves. > > In times of high unemployment then, there must be a BI to make Article 12 > mwaningful.
So far, there have been no times of high unemployment here... but even if there will be, I have enough ideas for workfare jobs that comply with article 12. > Has anyone ever put it to the test in the courts? AFAIK, there hasn't been any need to. > > Who will "do the shit work nobody else wants to do" in a BI system ? > > Nobody, I guess. But it has to be done. (Not necessarily by workfare > > crews!) Worse, a lot of "shit work" has to be done that isn't "profitable" > > and thus is not done -- unless paid by the state, but the state can't > > afford that if it has to pay a BI to everyone. > > That's where the laws of supply and demand step in. An odious or even > odorous job will be accorded a high enough wage to attract employees. Yes, what's wrong with that? > Take a look at those crazy tv shows like "Fear Factor". I've seen people > crush worms with their feet and drink the worm juice just to win a few > dollars. I've never seen Worm-Crusher-Drinker in the CCDO (Canadian > Classification and Dictionary of Occupations) but if society needs such > people it knows how to find them! I doubt that this occupation is among the necessary work I talked about. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
