On Thu, 02 Feb 2017 02:00:33 -0000
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote:

On Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:20:47 -0000, 01001100110
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Paris (AFP) - It is a utopian idea, literally, but is enjoying a
renaissance as politicians and policy wonks grapple with
technology-driven changes that could redefine our very
understanding of work. If robots and machine intelligence threaten
to render many white-collar jobs obsolete, then what will people
do for money? Enter the concept of a "universal basic income", a
flat sum paid to all regardless of your existing wealth or ability
to work. It is one of the rare ideas that has support from both
the libertarian right -- which favours tearing up the welfare
state -- and the left wing. In France, Benoit Hamon has emerged as
the surprise Socialist candidate for April's presidential election
first round, on a radical programme that includes such an income
-- to be funded in part by a new tax on industrial robots.
National or local governments in other countries such as Finland,
the Netherlands, Canada, Scotland and Brazil are already
evaluating how such a revenue might work in practice. Finland is
furthest down the road. On January 1 it started a two-year trial
to give 2,000 unemployed Finns a monthly unconditional payment of
560 euros ($590). At the least, advocates argue, a basic income
could replace the thicket of unemployment benefits currently on
offer in many advanced economies. Those can, perversely,
discourage people from retraining in new fields or taking on lower
paid work that society needs, such as care for the elderly.
- Less is More -
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-incom...041641247.html

A few months ago the was an internet article about an African
country that offered a large segment of their population a years
wages, something like $23.00, to be given every year, and they
refused. I don't remember their reason for refusing.

I think it was on Yahoo news where I read it.

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Not true...more fake news from "James Sword"