£1600 per month basic income

[nwgs]

Was it a "Sky" report you were looking at?

It’s the article in my first post. Yes.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

What are you on about, that is the report referred to in the MSM.

Yeah but, headlines

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I’ve not read it so can’t comment on it.

My comments where based on the sky article and nothing else.

If you cant quote on it why try making uninformed comments

 

[nwgs]

The point is, why waste money on this scheme? I can’t imagine one of the 30 people saying the £1600 wasn’t a massive benefit.

What can possibly be learned from a group that size.

Raise the minimum wage or the government subsidies income at a means tested rate.

 

[denso13]

The point is, why waste money on this scheme?

It's called research. The report itself tries to explain "why".

 

[nwgs]

It's called research. The report itself tries to explain "why".

I get that. It’s just a waste of time and money.

As I’ve said, No one will suffer getting £1600 a month. Any figures gathered aren’t broad enough.

If you don’t agree, fair enough. I’ll leave it there and see what others have to say.

 

[nwgs]

And reduce the need for handouts to the poor.

£1600 a month not a hand out ?

 

[JohnD]

£1600 a month not a hand out ?

Reduce the need, I said.

 

[nwgs]

Reduce the need, I said.

So £1600 isn’t a handout ?

 

[Lower]

How would this ridiculous idea be funded?

 

[Brigadier]

He will, I don't write anything I can't back up.

"Payment: £1,600 per month (pre-tax) to each participant for two years"

Page 39, https://autonomy.work/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BASINC.pdf

OOI, what is the point of a Universal Basic Income being taxed?

To my mind, that is just additional bureaucracy (and waste).

Why not just set the UBI at a lower level?

 

[denso13]

How would this ridiculous idea be funded?

They haven't got funding yet.

 

[Brigadier]

the aforementioned benefits to working might soon wear off............

Someone might (quite reasonably) become fed up with work; that is a reasonable presumption.

Where I think you're making an unreasonable presumption is in that fed-up person throwing the working towel in altogether, and sofa-polishing for the rest of their days.

I contend that, with the security of a UBI, most will (upon becoming fed up with bus driving, as an example), move into parks maintenance, or mentoring disadvantaged kids, or social care...................

It could add up to a more flexible, responsive, and nimble workforce, better able to meet the demands of the economy at that particular time.
To the benefit of us all.

 

[Lower]

They haven't got funding yet.

I don't mean this study, i mean the whole concept of universal income. How would it be funded?

 

[denso13]

I don't mean this study, i mean the whole concept of universal income. How would it be funded?

Like anything else, through taxation.