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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: Pete on November 01, 2014, 08:50:36 PM

Title: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: Pete on November 01, 2014, 08:50:36 PM
Take a deep breath… ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIL_Y9g7Tg0#t=245 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIL_Y9g7Tg0#t=245)
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: therealjr on November 05, 2014, 10:34:03 AM
Is this like the living wage?
Great Idea.
Well on paper anyway.
Explain to me how it works in practice though?

For instance.
I need to be paid a living wage.
Theres pretty much only one way to pay for that.
Your shopping bill is going to go up.
So now the electricity worker, the gas worker, the council official,the nurse etc etc all need their living wage to go up because it costs them more to eat.
So guess what?
my utility bills, council tax and NI contributions are going to go up.
Oh dear so now I need an increase in my living wage.
Go back to the top and start again.

Meanwhile in theory the pensioners and those on benefits are being left behind.
So either they are getting poorer in real terms or they are going to have to see increases.
Doesnt that mean my taxes going up?
Which means I've got less money.
I might need another increase in that living wage.

A loaf of bread is now by my reckoning about £6
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: ironsky2 on November 06, 2014, 09:09:18 AM
The wheel goes round and round put wages up prices go up. What about bringing prices down?
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: therealjr on November 06, 2014, 02:47:11 PM
Ironsky. Great idea. Who takes the pay cut?
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: Old Cruser on November 06, 2014, 03:51:55 PM
Ironsky. Great idea. Who takes the pay cut?

You?  :))
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: therealjr on November 06, 2014, 05:28:30 PM
Exactly!!!!
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: ironsky2 on November 06, 2014, 05:55:08 PM
Ironsky. Great idea. Who takes the pay cut?
Our great and good MPs....
Title: Re: Why we should give everyone a basic income
Post by: Pete on November 06, 2014, 06:43:52 PM
If the corporations and rich folks paid some tax, there wouldn't be a problem.

And how much of taxpayers money do we give to employers that pay ridiculously low wages? I begrudge paying money so that bad, inept or greedy businessmen can show a profit?