Maybe folks should be worrying about extreme poverty (1.25 / day or ~$40 a month) before they worry about 2800 a month.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/ending-extreme-poverty#poverty_scenarios On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Switzerland is considering giving every citizen $2,800 a month gratis, > with no strings attached. We have discussed this idea here from time to > time. See: > > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/10/19/swiss_government_giveaway_2_800_a_month_for_all_citizens.html > > QUOTE: > > "We are not proposing a minimum income — we are proposing an unconditional > income. A minimum wage reduces freedom — because it is an additional rule. > It tries to fix a system that has been outdated for a while. It is time to > partly disconnect human labor and income. We are living in a time where > machines do a lot of the manual labor — that is great — we should be > celebrating." > > - Jed > >
