[Josh Martin]
Santens writes this piece on his personal blog on how one can help personally push the basic income movement forward. He outlines it in five steps: Become Knowledgeable, Interact with Others, Create Content, Organize Locally, and Organize Nationally (and then Globally).
Scott Santens, “5 Steps to Becoming a BIG Contributor”, Scott Santens Blog, 4 December 2014.
[Josh Martin]
Utilizing the momentum against payday loan lenders generated by HBO’s John Oliver, Santens takes the opportunity to highlight the basic income’s impact on indebtedness. Using results from the basic income pilot projects in India and Namibia, Santens shows how effective the unconditional transfer is at combating indebtedness. There are a lot of quick payday loans you can apply for if you are looking for some extra money or quick cash during a financial emergency. If you’re looking to apply for a loan or just see what rates you could be looking at, start looking into payday loans and see how they could bide you over until payday.
However, for those with a low income this can be a slippery slope that leads to what seems to be inescapable debt. Someone who has a steady income can easily pay back a payday loan within a month or 2 of them getting it. They simply use the extra money to pay for whatever it was needed for and then have no issue paying it back within the necessary time.
However, it isn’t this easy for those with the lower or unstable incomes. If they take out a payday loan then they may not have the money they need to pay the loan company back which leads to late-payment fees or higher rates; pushing them even further into debt. Luckily, they can look for a payday loan consolidation service for them to help get them out of the poisonous cycle.
Scott Santens, “Payday Loan Lenders Are Unstoppable. . . Or Are They?”, Medium, 16 August 2014.
Scott Santens, “Supply and Demand Variables: How Not all Basic Income Effects Lead to Rising Prices” Medium. November 21, 2014.
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[Liam Upton]
Scott Santens, “Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation?”, Medium, November 22 2014
The article discusses the suffering and deaths of those who were inappropriately denied various means-tested social safety net benefits and posits that a universal basic income will reduce and alleviate such tragedies.
Scott Santens, “‘Fit for Work and Fit to Die’: A Memorial for the Means-Tested“, 2014 November 17
