productivity, wealth, and national incomes have
advanced sufficiently far to support an adequate UBI. And if enacted,
a basic income would serve as a powerful instrument of social justice:
it would promote real freedom for all by providing the material resources
that people need to pursue their aims. At the same time, it would help
to solve the policy dilemmas of poverty and unemployment, and serve
ideals associated with both the feminist and green movements.
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in title, tags, annotations or urlA Basic Income for All | Philippe Van Parijs (2000) - 0 views
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in 1999, the Alaska Permanent Fund paid each person of whatever age who had been living in Alaska for at least one year an annual UBI of $1,680.
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By universal basic income I mean an income paid by a government, at a uniform level and at regular intervals, to each adult member of society. The grant is paid, and its level is fixed, irrespective of whether the person is rich or poor, lives alone or with others, is willing to work or not. In most versions–certainly in mine–it is granted not only to citizens, but to all permanent residents.
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If you really care about freedom, give people an unconditional income at a level sufficient for subsistence. Productivity, wealth, and national incomes have advanced sufficiently far to support an adequate UBI. And if enacted, a basic income would serve as a powerful instrument of social justice: it would promote real freedom for all by providing the material resources that people need to pursue their aims. At the same time, it would help to solve the policy dilemmas of poverty and unemployment, and serve ideals associated with both the feminist and green movements.
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