universal basic income

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“We are committed to implementing a Basic Income Pilot, and your participation is a key part of that process.”

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The government of Ontario is asking for feedback from the Ontarian public regarding a future test of a basic income plan. I encourage you to read their provided materials and, if you live in Ontario, take the survey. The survey will be open until January 31st, 2017.

I’d heard rumours of an Ontarian basic income before, but I didn’t realize until today just how seriously they’re considering it.

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(It’s not 100% certain yet, but they’re leaning towards testing a negative income tax rather than a universal income. They said this is partly for practical reasons, and partly because other places are already working on UBI tests and they want to cover a new base in the global testing.)

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#Canada #Ontario #basic income #the more you know #I’m not sure I have any Ontarian readers #but I *know* I have readers excited about basic income in general #and maybe some Ontarians who don’t normally read my blog will come across this #our home and cherished land #(I’ll admit I’m a little concerned) #(after all the hype last year over ”free tuition”) #(and then seeing the fine print and finding out it’s only for full-time students) #(I’m actually going to be *worse* off under the new system than the old) #(because I won’t even be getting the inadequate version of tuition reimbursement they’re currently doing) #(so my hope about this basic income thing is cautious) #(but it is hope nonetheless) #oh look an original post

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theunitofcaring:

GiveDirectly’s launching a test of universal basic income!!!!!!!!! They’re doing it properly, giving money to everyone in the selected communities and committing to do that for 10-15 years. And they’re good at rigorous data collection. And if this works, we can scale it up.

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#interesting #(I know I’m not being as effusive as most of the others reblogging this) #(mostly because it’s hard to wrap my head around) #(but I can manage ”interesting”) #((and I can manage a smile at the mention of the Canadian Liberal party)) #((my vote for them didn’t actually *affect* anything because of fucking first-past-the-post)) #((but the fact remains that I voted for them)) #universal basic income

Brinens and Things

Basic Income Pilot consultation

What If We Just Gave Poor People a Basic Income for Life? That’s What We’re About to Test.