Unconditional Basic Income Program
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An Unconditional Basic Income Program is a basic income program that is an unconditional income support program.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Unconditional Social Welfare Program, Unconditional Social Program.
References
2018
- https://economist.com/open-future/2018/06/29/bullshit-jobs-and-the-yoke-of-managerial-feudalism
- QUOTE: ... Just think what kind of culture, music, science, ideas might result if all those people were liberated to do things they actually thought were important. So if the question is one of personal responsibility, I’d say: let’s just give everyone enough to live on, some sort of universal basic income, and say “okay, you’re all free now to decide for yourselves what you have to contribute to the world.” ...
2015
- http://basicincome-europe.org/ubie/unconditional-basic-income/
- QUOTE: An Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) is an income unconditionally granted to all members of a political community on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. Unlike existing minimum income schemes in european countries, UBI is universal, individual, unconditional, and high enough to ensure an existence in dignity and participation in society.
- Universal: Every person, irrespective of age, descent, place of residence, profession etc. will be entitled to receive this allocation.
- Individual: Everyone has the right to UBI on an individual basis as this is the only way to ensure privacy and to prevent control over other individuals. UBI will be independent of marital status, cohabitation or household configuration, or of the income or property of other household or family members.
- Unconditional: As a human right UBI shall not depend on any preconditions, whether an obligation to take paid employment, to be involved in community service, or to behave according to traditional gender roles. Nor will it be subject to income, savings or property limits.
- High enough: The amount should provide for a decent standard of living, which meets society’s social and cultural standards in the country concerned. It should prevent material poverty and provide the opportunity to participate in society and to live in dignity.
- QUOTE: An Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) is an income unconditionally granted to all members of a political community on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. Unlike existing minimum income schemes in european countries, UBI is universal, individual, unconditional, and high enough to ensure an existence in dignity and participation in society.