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Friday, 8 November 2013

Stupid Sanctions vs Basic Income 4: You work for 20 years

There is a website called A Selection of Especially Stupid Benefit Sanctions filled with stories of ways in which our broken benefits system hurts people. I thought it would be good to compare what would have happened with welfare replaced by Basic Income Guarantee.

Of course its not terribly exciting because basic income doesn't judge people or make mistakes.

Our Current Welfare SystemWhat if we had basic income?
You work for 20 years and then miss a job centre appointment because you haven’t had the process clearly explained. You are sanctioned for 3 weeks.
You work for 20 years and become unemployed, your basic income keeps you going until you are able to find more work

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