I feel like you get to a point where so much money is flowing that this is possible. What else is the money doing other than sitting and being speculated on?
Then again, would it bump the cost of goods if everyone got another 200 euros per month (just pulling random numbers out of thin air)? Idk. Worth a try though.
Denmark is likely to oppose because people from Greenland are essentially citizens. And the culture there is.. not compatible with UBI.
What would the results be for poorer euro countries?
The question is incomplete. The question should have been “Do you support a UBI as opposed to spending the same amount of money on other social welfare programs”? Generally, targeted assistance to vulnerable populations seems to work better in terms of improving lives, given the same total investment. Improved healthcare access might also be a candidate for this money, as [citizens of each of the countries named stated that they’d skipped healthcare due to cost during the past year](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2016/nov/2016-commonwealth-fund-international-health-policy-survey-adults).
I don’t know why but I don’t believe in such big approval of UBI.
I still don’t get UBI. We have universal credit system (benefits system) for the people that need it. Haven’t we realised that stimulating the economy by giving middle class and upper class free gibs just causes inflation and speculation.
It’s surprising that it’s not that popular in France. I thought of them as commies in all but name.
When they talked about it in France, it was yet another grant to low income households, on top of the existing ones. So another layer of generosity funded by already squished middle class, with lots of room for fraud.
That can explain the low score
Based 😌
Giving people money is inferior to administering good social services.
Besides, I’d guess something like 50% of Danes are receiving money from the government in some form, either employed by government or receiving some benefits; pensioners, students etc.
In Poland it’s apparently 49 for and 46 against. A little surprising to me
It feels like we’ve domesticated ourselves. I don’t know how I feel about this. It’s probably inevitable and that’s fine but what do we become?
Do people understand that the money has to be earned by someone else?
Goes completely against the basic economic principle of I do something for you, you do something for me.
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I feel like you get to a point where so much money is flowing that this is possible. What else is the money doing other than sitting and being speculated on?
Then again, would it bump the cost of goods if everyone got another 200 euros per month (just pulling random numbers out of thin air)? Idk. Worth a try though.
Denmark is likely to oppose because people from Greenland are essentially citizens. And the culture there is.. not compatible with UBI.
What would the results be for poorer euro countries?
The question is incomplete. The question should have been “Do you support a UBI as opposed to spending the same amount of money on other social welfare programs”? Generally, targeted assistance to vulnerable populations seems to work better in terms of improving lives, given the same total investment. Improved healthcare access might also be a candidate for this money, as [citizens of each of the countries named stated that they’d skipped healthcare due to cost during the past year](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2016/nov/2016-commonwealth-fund-international-health-policy-survey-adults).
I don’t know why but I don’t believe in such big approval of UBI.
I still don’t get UBI. We have universal credit system (benefits system) for the people that need it. Haven’t we realised that stimulating the economy by giving middle class and upper class free gibs just causes inflation and speculation.
It’s surprising that it’s not that popular in France. I thought of them as commies in all but name.
When they talked about it in France, it was yet another grant to low income households, on top of the existing ones. So another layer of generosity funded by already squished middle class, with lots of room for fraud.
That can explain the low score
Based 😌
Giving people money is inferior to administering good social services.
Besides, I’d guess something like 50% of Danes are receiving money from the government in some form, either employed by government or receiving some benefits; pensioners, students etc.
In Poland it’s apparently 49 for and 46 against. A little surprising to me
It feels like we’ve domesticated ourselves. I don’t know how I feel about this. It’s probably inevitable and that’s fine but what do we become?
Do people understand that the money has to be earned by someone else?
Goes completely against the basic economic principle of I do something for you, you do something for me.