Start: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 6:00 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00) End: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 7:30 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00).
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Some of the most common criticisms of a basic income are that it is too expensive and that it’s not possible to win the public and political support for the policy. But the research presented at this event shows that an affordable basic income can have a dramatic impact on poverty and that a basic income is a vote winner, specifically in crucial swing seats. How can a modest basic income cut poverty by half? Is basic income a vote winner?
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Yes 🙌🏻 Humanity needs UBI-Unversal Basic Income Now ASAP..! No more poor in Aquarian Age/Golden Age of Aquarius 💝💕💜❤️🩹
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Yes, basic income is a vote winner, just not as a cure for poverty, which is definitely not a vote winner. Politicians will support any program that doesn’t actually provide the resources and freedom for people to resolve their own issues. Poverty is a feature of our economic system. It’s supposed to provide an incentive to join or stay in the labour market. It stands as a warning and a threat to those who don’t or can’t play by the rules. The goal of charitable organizations is to alleviate poverty not eliminate it. Cocktail party fundraisers are more fun than empowering people by providing a basic income. It is gospel that poverty will always be with us and that the poor will always need help from the worthier rich. I can’t buy into this paternalistic dogma. Most voters do. So while I agree wholeheartedly that Basic Income would dramatically reduce poverty, any allusion to this is the kiss of death to winning votes because no one, not the politicians, not the rich, not the middle class, not even the poor themselves are interested in changing the status quo.